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Changchun at a glance
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Updated: 2007-01-25 10:11
General Information
Changchun City is situated at the heart of Songliao Plain in northeast
China, and it's counties and districts located at 124'18" - 127'02" east
longitude, 43'05" - 45'15" north latitude.
The Jingyuetan National Forest Park
The total area of Changchun is 20,571 square kilometers, including
municipal areas of 2,583 square kilometers, and the municipal constructed
area is 159 square kilometers. The city is 250 - 350 meters above the sea
level. The city stands at the center of the three northeast provinces,
and at the crisscross point of the third east-westward "Europe-Asia
Continental Bridge".
Topographic Features
Changchun area shows the variety of topographic features combining
mountainous regions, mesas and plains, accounting for 9 per cent, 41 per
cent and 50 per cent of total area.
Population
Upon the establishment of Chao'an County of Jia Qing Emperor on July 8,
1800, many immigrants settled down in Changchun. Therefore, the
population has been increased since then.
The Puppet Manchurian Imperial Palace
By 1911, the third year of Xuan Tong Emperor, the population of Changchun
Fu, Yushu, Nongan, Dehui and Shuangyang was 591,000, 423,000, 432,000,
328,000 and 233,000 respectively.
Just before the "9.18" Event in 1931, the population of Changchun County,
Yushu County, Nongan County, Dehui County and Shuangyang County recorded
478,000, 502,000, 318,000, 376,000 and 247,000.
China has so far carried out several national censuses since 1949. The
outcome of the population of Changchun in each of the past censuses was:
The first national census in 1953: the total population was 3.163
million, including 1.70 million males and 1.54 million females, a sex
ratio of 110:67 (males per 100 females)
The fifth national census in 2000: the total population was 7.14 million,
including 3.65 million males and 3.49 million females, a sex ratio of
104:72 (males per 100 females). The population of urban citizens was 3.55
million, accounting for 49.79% of the total, and number of rural
residents accounted for 50.21% totaling 3.59 million. Family size
recorded 3.41 members averagely.
The Changchun World Sculpture Park
The total number of the registered permanent residents reached 7.24
million at the end of 2004, including 3.15 million in Changchun City and
4.09 million in Changchun��s four administrative areas. The birth rate,
death rate and natural increase rate was 8.94%, 4.76% and 4.17%
respectively.
The population density of Changchun is 368 persons per square kilometer.
Of the urban areas, Nan'guan District registered the highest rate of 2388
persons per square kilometer, while other counties (cities) recorded
relatively lower, of which, Nongan only had 206 persons per square
kilometer.
Ethnics
Changchun, a multi-ethnic region, has 46 minorities with a total
population of 252,000(excluding Han), accounting for 3.53% of the total
population. They are: Manchu, 143,000, accounting for 56.72%; Korean,
496,000, 19.67%; Hui, 437,000, 17.33%; Mongolian, 110,000, 4.4%; the
rest, 1.88%.
There are 4 minority towns, 47 minority villages and 258 communities all
over Changchun city.
The Changchun Movie Wonderland
Climate
Changchun is known as the Spring City of the North due to its cozy
climate characteristics.
Changchun, situated between the east humid mountainous region and west
sub-dry plain, has a continental monsoon climate of a temperate region.
The spring and autumn are short and the weather changes all the time. The
summer is warm and humid. The winter is long, cold and dry. The four
distinctive seasons make Changchun area a good location to research and
exploit the nature.
Following is the average climate information of January and February from
2001 to 2005.
- Sunrise: 7:15; Sunset: 17:05
- Wind speed (m/s): 2.9(light breeze); wind direction: Southwesterly wind
- Average temperature (��C): -12
- Snowfall (mm): 7.7
- Number of Days with Grade-A Air: 83.1%
- Overcast and Sunny Days: Percentage of sunny days: 40.5%; Percentage of
overcast days: 6.5%; Percentage of sunny to overcast days: 53%
Monsoon Climate
The special continental monsoon climate characteristics make the winter
cold and dry, and summer rainy and hot. Temperature Changes distinctively
in the four seasons, making the temperature lower in winter but higher in
summer than that of the other regions at the same latitude.
Due to its transitional location, Changchun enjoys more sunshine and rain
falls, thereby offering favorable climate for the local agriculture.
The whole year's average temperature is 4.8 degrees centigrade. The
lowest temperature is -39.85 degrees centigrade and the highest 39.5
degree centigrade. In summer, the southeaster prevails. Its annual
precipitation is in the range between 522 and 615 mm, with 60 per cent
falling in summer. The average temperature in July is 23 degrees
centigrade. In autumn, pleasant and mild weather may last for days
combined with more conspicuous temperature changes and lower wind speed
than those in spring.
History
Changchun is a new city with only about 200 years of history. In the year
of 1800, Emperor Jiaqing of Qing Dynasty selected a small village on the
east bank of the Yitong River and named it as "Changchun Ting", and in
the year of 1889, it was promoted as "Changchun Fu".
In 1930, the Japanese imperialists invaded the Northeast China,
established the Manchurian Public country, and selected Changchun as its
capital. Later, they renamed Changchun as "Xinjing (new capital )" and
made it suffered from this shameful history.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially since
the reform and open door policy, great changes have taken place in
Changchun for its construction development. Now Changchun has formed its
own advantage and characteristics with very solid foundations in industry
and agriculture, and prosperous commerce.
It is a very influential regional center city in China with high degree
openness and advanced science and education. It is characterized as the
automobile city, forest city, film city and city of science, technology
and culture.
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