Jingyu County Explained

Jingyu County
Postal Code:135200
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Seat:Jingyu Town
Seat Type:County seat
Settlement Type:County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Jilin
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Baishan
Area Code:0439
Area Total Km2:3094
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:144000
Pushpin Map:Jilin
Pushpin Label:Jingyu
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the county seat in Jilin
Coordinates:42.2°N 156°W
Elevation M:549.2
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Jingyu County, formerly Méngjiāng County until February 1946, is a county in southern Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Baishan City. It is named after General Yang Jingyu, who was killed here during World War II.

Administrative divisions

There are seven towns and five townships under the county's administration.[1]

valign=topTowns:
  • Jingyu (Chinese: 靖宇镇)
  • Sandaohu (Chinese: 三道湖镇)
  • Huayuankou (Chinese: 花园口镇)
  • Xinancha (Chinese: 西南岔镇)
  • Longquan (Chinese: 龙泉镇)
  • Na'erhong (Chinese: 那尔轰镇)
  • Jingshan (Chinese: 景山镇)
valign=topTownships:
  • Yushuchuan Township (Chinese: 榆树川乡)
  • Yanping Township (Chinese: 燕平乡)
  • Dongxing Township (Chinese: 东兴乡)
  • Chisong Township (Chinese: 赤松乡)
  • Mengjiang Township (Chinese: 濛江乡)

Geography and climate

Jingyu is located in southern Jilin and the northern part of Baishan City on the upper reaches of the Songhua River amidst the western periphery of the Changbai Mountains. The bordering county-level divisions are Fusong County to the east, Jiangyuan District to the south, Huinan to the west, and Huadian to the north. Its latitude ranges from 42° 06' to 42° 48' N and longitude 126° 30' to 127° 16' E. The average elevation in the county is, though the county seat is only at 549.2m (1,801.8feet).

Jingyu has a monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with long, bitterly cold winters, and short, warm and rainy summers. Spring and autumn are short with some rainfall. The monthly 24-hour average temperature in January is NaN°C, and 21°C in July, and the annual mean is 3.9°C. The mountainous location means that diurnal temperature variation is large, reaching in winter, but precipitation is enhanced: the annual average is 779.5mm, with more than 80% of it falling from May to September. The frost-free period lasts only 104 days.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/22/06/220622.html . https://archive.today/20121208141510/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/22/06/220622.html . dead . 2012-12-08 . zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:靖宇县 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh . 2012-07-16 .