Changchun (simplified Chinese: 长春; traditional Chinese: 長春; pinyin: Chángchūn; Wade-Giles: Ch'ang-ch'un; literally "Long Spring") is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China, in the center of the Songliao Plain. It is a sub-provincial city. The name originated from the Jurchen language. As of 2007, Changchun has a population of 7.46 million, including counties and county-level citi...
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Changchun (simplified Chinese: 长春; traditional Chinese: 長春; pinyin: Chángchūn; Wade-Giles: Ch'ang-ch'un; literally "Long Spring") is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China, in the center of the Songliao Plain. It is a sub-provincial city. The name originated from the Jurchen language. As of 2007, Changchun has a population of 7.46 million, including counties and county-level cities. The urban districts have a total population of 3.58 million.
The sub-provincial city of Changchun has direct jurisdiction over 6 districts (区 qu), 3 county-level cities (市 shi) and 1 County (县 xian):
Changchun started as a minor trading town. In 1800, Emperor Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty selected a small village on the east bank of the Yitong River and named it "Changchun Ting." In 1889, it was promoted as "Changchun Fu".
In May 1898, as Russians were building a railway from Harbin to Lüshun (the southern branch of the Chinese Eastern...
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