🇨🇳 Helong (和龙) is a county-level city in south-eastern Jilin province, Northeast China. It is under the administration of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. In January 2024, several thousand North Korean migrant workers in the city initiated a series of protests over withheld payments.
Administrative divisions Helong has three subdistricts and eight towns: Subdistricts: • Wenhua Subdistrict (文化街道 / 문화가도), Minhui Subdistrict (民惠街道 / 민혜가도), Guangming Subdistrict (光明街道 / 광명가도); Towns: • Toudao (头道镇 / 두도진), Bajiazi (八家子镇 / 팔가자진), Fudong (福洞镇 / 복동진), Xicheng (西城镇 / 서성진), Nanping (南坪镇 / 남평진), Longcheng (龙城镇 / 용성진), Dongcheng (东城镇 / 동성진), Chongshan (崇善镇 / 숭선진).
Helong has a population of over 181,000 people. Helong also forms part of the wider Yanbian Prefecture which has a population of over 2,271,600 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Helong has links with:
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🇨🇳 Tumen 129.85,42.967 d: 84.5
🇰🇵 Chŏngjin 129.79,41.785 d: 105.7
🇨🇳 Wangqing 129.767,43.317 d: 107.2
🇨🇳 Dunhua 128.233,43.367 d: 111.7
Antipodal to: Helong -51,-42.533
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