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| Introduction |
Changchun City , the capital of Jilin Province , is situated at the heart of Song Liao Plains in northeastern China , and it's counties and districts are at 124'18" - 127'02" east longitude, 43'05" - 45'15" north latitude, and at 250 - 350 meters above the sea level. The city is at the center of the three northeast provinces, plain and broad, and will be the crisscross point of the third east-westward " Europe-Asia Continental Bridge ". |
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With four clear-cut seasons and favorable temperature in the mild temperate zone, Changchun has an annual average temperature of 5.2 degrees, a rainfall of 522 - 615 mm, and a sunshine time of 2,688 hours, thus being called " Spring City in Northern China ". At the end of 2002, the whole city has a gardening green area of 5,732.3 hectares, a public green area of 1,667.2 hectares, and a constructed virescent area of 6,575.4 hectares. The virescent area covers 39% of the whole city, so it is also called as a " Forest City ". |
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