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Dunhua (; Korean: ) is a county-level city of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Jilin province, China. It has more than 480,000 inhabitants (as of 2002) and was the capital of Balhae between 742 and 756, known at the time as "Junggyeong". During the Qing dynasty it was called Áodōng () in Chinese and Odoli in Manchu.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Dunhua
Settlement.settlement_type
County-level city
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DunHua.JPG
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Dunhua in 2013
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Location of the city
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
China
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Jilin
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Prefecture
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Yanbian
Settlement.seat
Minzhu Subdistrict
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Municipal seat
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.area_total_km2
11957.0
Settlement.area_urban_km2
116.00
Settlement.population_total
392486
Settlement.population_as_of
2020 census

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Dunhua (; Korean: ) is a county-level city of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Jilin province, China. It has more than 480,000 inhabitants (as of 2002) and was the capital of Balhae between 742 and 756, known at the time as "Junggyeong". During the Qing dynasty it was called Áodōng () in Chinese and Odoli in Manchu.

==Geography and climate== Dunhua is situated amongst the Changbai Mountains, its administrative area spanning 42°42′−44°30′ N latitude and 127°28′−129°13′ E longitude, reaching a maximal north–south extent of and east–west width of . Its total area of makes it, by area, the largest county-level city of the province.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dunhua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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