Tumen, Jilin

Tumen is a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, eastern Jilin province, Northeast China. Of its 136,000 inhabitants, approximately 78,000 (or 57%) are of Korean descent. The two official languages are Chinese and Korean. Tumen is separated from Namyang of North Hamgyong province of North Korea by the Tumen River. Due to this proximity, many North Koreans escaping North Korea pass through Tumen. Tumen is also the location of a large detention center for captured North Koreans awaiting deportation. Tumen has two major food markets, the South Market and the North Market, where most of the residents purchase their food. Packaged foods and meats are usually sold inside the building, and vegetables are sold outside. There are six elementary schools, with three Korean schools, and three Chinese schools.

Tumen 图们市 · 도문시
County-level city
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Coordinates: 42°58′N 129°51′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jilin
Prefecture	Yanbian
Seat	Xiangshang Subdistrict
Area [1]
• County-level city	1,142.7 km^2 (441.2 sq mi)
• Urban	15.00 km^2 (5.79 sq mi)
Elevation	97 m (318 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• County-level city	121,000
• Density	110/km^2 (270/sq mi)
• Urban	84,700
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code(s)	133100
Website

Tumen, Jilin
Simplified Chinese	图们市
Traditional Chinese	圖們市
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Túmén Shì
Chinese Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	도문시
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Domun-si McCune–Reischauer Tomun-si
South Korean name
Hangul	투먼 시
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Tumeon Si McCune–Reischauer T'umŏn Si

A riverfront promenade in the city has restaurants where patrons can gaze across the river into North Korea.[2]

Administrative divisions

Tumen railway station

Tumen has three subdistricts and four towns.[3]

Subdistricts:

• Xiangshang Subdistrict (向上街道 / 향상가도), Xinhua Subdistrict (新华街道 / 신화가도), Yuegong Subdistrict (月宫街道 / 월궁가도)

Towns:

• Yueqing (月晴镇 / 월청진), Shixian (石峴镇 / 석현진), Chang'an (长安镇 / 장안진), Liangshui (凉水镇 / 양수진)

See also

• Tumen Border Bridge

References

1. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
2. Onishi, Norimitsu, "Tension, Desperation: The China-North Korean Border", October 22, 2006. Information here comes from a one-paragraph caption ("The View from Prosperity") in the article's extensive illustration.
3. "延边朝鲜族自治州-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). xzqh.org. Retrieved 2011-04-28.

External links

• Official site (in Chinese)