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Jilin Province

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Location:
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lying in the central part
of northeast China, borders Liaoning
Province to the south, the Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region to the west, Heilongjiang
Province to the north and Russia to
the east and faces the Korean Peninsula
across the Yalu River to the southeast. |
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Area:
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187,400 square kilometers |
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Climate:
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Ttropical;
marine; rainy season during southwest
monsoon (June to August); cloudiness
is persistent and extensive all year
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provincial capital:
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Changchun |
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Population:
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27.28 millions (March
2001) |
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Ethnic groups:
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There are 40 ethnical
groups, including the Han, Korean, Manchu,
Mongolian, Hui, etc. |
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Major Cities:
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Agriculture:
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Jilin is one of the important
commodity grain bases in China. It abounds
with soybean, corn, sorghum, millet,
rice, small red bean, wheat, tuber,
sunflower seeds, beets and tobacco.
It has been among the national top in
terms of percapita, commercial grain
proportion for many years. About 2.96
million hectares of prairies in the
province's northwest make it an ideal
place for animal husbandry production,
a well-known pasture land for sheep
in the country as well as a major production
base of commercial cattle and fine wool
sheep in North China. |
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Industry:
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Jilin Province
has a very solid industrial base. Relatively
perfect industry system has come into
being. There are more than 14, 000 industrial
enterprises now in Jilin and six dominant
industries, which are engineering industry,
petrochemical industry, pharmaceutical
industry food industry, metallurgical
and forestry industry. Jilin leads the
country in its production of automobiles,
railway cares, tractors, ferroalloy,
carbonic products, timber, sugar, crude
oil, vegetable oil and no-mineral products.
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| Home to few of the most
bedazzling views in the world, Tibet
has become one of the most visited destinations.
This is a virtual paradise for all tourists
and more so for adventurer enthusiast
and dare devils. It is just a perfect
zone to hone your skills and physical
fitness by engaging in demanding adventure
sports. The Thrill of trekking in Tibet
also doubles up as treks leads to some
of the mountain tops dotted with stunning
Buddhist temples and monasteries. |
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| Yunnan is an important
border province of southwestern in China,
it borders Burma, Vietnam, and Laos.
Yunnan has an average altitude of 2,000
meters and a temperate tropical plateau
monsoon climate. It boasts imposing
natural scenery, such as snowcapped
mountains, glaciers, lakes, hot springs,
plateaus, virgin forests, and tropical
rainforests. In addition, it abounds
in biological resources and enjoys such
good reputations as the Kingdoms of
Plants and the Realm of Animals, which
has greatly benefited in the development
of ecological tourism. |
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| Guilin is regarded
in China as the country's most picturesque
city. Two crystal-clear rivers meander
through the city, which is encircled
by mountains with unusual & bizarre
rock formations and caves.
Two crustal movements
of the earth took place about 200
and 180 million years ago thrusting
the limestone sediments out of the
sea bottom. They were forced upwards
more than 200 meters to the surface.
This karst formation was moulded through
many years of erosion by the wind
and rain to became the hills and rocks
with unusual shapes . There are many
complete karst (Limestone sites),
which are of high scientific value
and tourist value.
Guilin is in subtropical
and monsoon zone with warm and moist
climate.The altitude is 140-160 meters.
All this makes Guilin a unique natural
experience for the visitor.
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