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Jilin City (Postal map spelling: Kirin City; ) is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin Province in Northeast China. As a prefecture-level city, it is the only major city that shares its name with its province nationally.

Jilin City has a long history, surrounding by the Songhua River, gave birth to the ancient peoples and cultures. In 1994, the State Council has named Jilin City as "Chinese Historical and Cultural City". In 2001, the National Tourism Administration selected Jilin as one of the "Chinese Excellent Tourism Cities".

Jilin rime, winter sports, Songhua Lake, Beishan Temple Kwan, Manchu and Korean folk customs, and Ula old city, make up the typical northern characteristics in Jilin. Jilin rime is one of the four natural wonders in China. In 2007, it co-hosted the Asian Winter Games.

History
Jilin City is among one of the oldest cities in Northeast China. The ancestors of the Manchus lived there before Qin Dynasty. It was formerly named as “Jilin Ula” from the Manchu language, meaning the city along the river.During the reign of the Yongle Emperor in the early 15th century, efforts were made to expand Chinese control throughout entire Manchuria. Mighty river fleets were built and sailed several times from Jilin City, getting the chieftains of the local tribes to swear allegiance to the Ming rulers. Soon after the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the territory of today's Primorsky Kray was made under the administration of Jilin. As the Czarist Russian eastward advance to the Pacific coast, Qing Government ordered to set up a naval shipbuilding factory here in 1661. Jilin was officially established as a fort city in 1674 when Anzhuhu (安珠瑚), the Deputy Lieutenant-General (副都统), was ordered to build a castle in Jilin. In 1676, the Military Governor of Ninguta was transferred to Jilin City because of its more conveniently location and increase of the military importance, while the former Deputy Lieutenant-General was transferred in the opposite direction to Ninguta. Since then Jilin City has developed at a rapid pace. The nickname of Jilin City is River City (江城), which was originated from one sentence "连樯接舰屯江城" of a poem written by Kangxi Emperor when he was visiting Jilin City in 1682. Jilin retained its importance into the 18th and 19th century as one of the few cities existing beyond the Willow Palisade, along with Tsitsihar, Ninguta and Mukden.

After Manchukuo established their capital in Hsinking(Changchun), Jilin City's importance decreased. By 1940, Jilin's population was 173,624, while Hsinking's population reached 544,202 at the same time.

On March 9th, 1948, Jilin City liberated. It eventually become the provincial capital of Jilin province after the estabilishment of the People's Republic of China, until Changchun took this position in 1956. In 1958, Yongji, Panshi, Shulan, Jiaohe and Huadian counties was classified into Jilin City. Right now, there are four jurisdictional areas over the city (Chuanying, Changyi, Longtan, Fengman), four county-level cities (Panshi, Jiaohe, Shulan, Huadian), a Yongji county, a national level high-tech industrial development zone and an economic and technological development zone.

Air
The city is formerly served by the Jilin Ertaizi Airport. But by October 3, 2005, all of its commercial flights were transferred to the newly opened Changchun Longjia International Airport and Jilin Airport halted operation.

Downtown Jilin is about 76 km away from Changchun Longjia International Airport – which has domestic connections to more than 20 cities, including Beijing Capital, Chengdu, Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai Pudong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Fuzhou etc. China Eastern and China Southern Airlines also provide some international connections directly from Changchun.

Railway
Jilin is served by the Jilin Railway Station.Jilin Railway Station is on the East-West Changchun-Tumen Railway mainline and provides convenient access to many cities around China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Dalian, Jinan, Hangzhou. Services to Harbin, Changchun and Shenyang are also frequent and convenient through the Harbin-Dalian high speed rail and its branch from Changchun to Jilin.

In 2012, the renewed railway station of Jilin has officially started. The total construction area is approximately 100,000 square meters. Expect the recent passenger volume of 14 million people, the new maximum aggregate number of visitors is expected to be 6,000 stations. The total investment is about 954 million yuan. The overall shape looks like a scull, which is the city landmark. And the inside decorations were using rime as design concept. Surrounding the new railway station, a diverse business center has begun completing, which including plaza, parking stations, traffic transfer center and other projects.

Road transport

 * China National Highway 202

Tourism
Attractions:
 * Meteorite Gallery (largest stony meteorite of a documented meteorite fall)
 * Beishan Park (North-West of Jilin)
 * Dragon Pool Mountain Park
 * Songhua Lake (South-East of Jilin)
 * Zhuque Mountain Forest
 * Lafa National Park
 * Century Plaza
 * Wenmiao Museum
 * Jilin Catholic Church