Helong 和龙市 ·화룡시 | |
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  Helong Location in Jilin province | |
| Coordinates:42°32′37″N129°00′10″E / 42.54361°N 129.00278°E /42.54361; 129.00278 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Prefecture | Yanbian |
| Seat | Wenhua Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 5,069.0 km2 (1,957.2 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 145.00 km2 (55.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 451 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| 181,000 | |
| • Density | 36/km2 (92/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 95,399 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 133500 |
| Website | http://www.helong.gov.cn/ |
| Helong | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 和龙市 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 和龍市 | ||||||
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| Chinese Korean name | |||||||
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 화룡시 | ||||||
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| South Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 허룽시 | ||||||
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Helong (simplified Chinese:和龙;traditional Chinese:和龍;pinyin:Hélóng;Chosŏn'gŭl: 화룡;Hangul: 허룽) is acounty-level city in southeasternJilin province,Northeast China. It is under the administration of theYanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. In January 2024, several thousandNorth Korean migrant workers in the city initiateda series of protests over withheld payments.
Helong has threesubdistricts and eighttowns.[2]
Subdistricts:
Towns:
| Climate data for Helong, elevation 476 m (1,562 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) | 16.5 (61.7) | 22.3 (72.1) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.7 (90.9) | 35.7 (96.3) | 36.2 (97.2) | 35.9 (96.6) | 32.6 (90.7) | 29.5 (85.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 14.0 (57.2) | 36.2 (97.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) | −1.8 (28.8) | 5.0 (41.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 20.6 (69.1) | 24.1 (75.4) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.6 (70.9) | 14.5 (58.1) | 4.0 (39.2) | −3.9 (25.0) | 12.1 (53.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.4 (9.7) | −8.3 (17.1) | −1.2 (29.8) | 7.2 (45.0) | 13.6 (56.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 14.4 (57.9) | 7.1 (44.8) | −2.0 (28.4) | −9.9 (14.2) | 5.7 (42.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.7 (0.1) | −14.1 (6.6) | −7.0 (19.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 12.6 (54.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 0.8 (33.4) | −7.2 (19.0) | −15 (5) | 0.1 (32.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31.5 (−24.7) | −27.4 (−17.3) | −23.5 (−10.3) | −10.6 (12.9) | −3.7 (25.3) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.2 (45.0) | 5.1 (41.2) | −3.4 (25.9) | −12.4 (9.7) | −22.9 (−9.2) | −28.5 (−19.3) | −31.5 (−24.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 3.8 (0.15) | 7.5 (0.30) | 12.0 (0.47) | 24.2 (0.95) | 66.7 (2.63) | 84.9 (3.34) | 128.3 (5.05) | 126.0 (4.96) | 58.7 (2.31) | 22.6 (0.89) | 17.4 (0.69) | 6.6 (0.26) | 558.7 (22) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.2 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 14.6 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 109.8 |
| Average snowy days | 6.6 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 44.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 55 | 50 | 48 | 48 | 58 | 71 | 79 | 81 | 74 | 58 | 56 | 55 | 61 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 175.4 | 182.8 | 214.2 | 203.1 | 210.0 | 191.1 | 180.3 | 191.2 | 206.3 | 201.2 | 159.7 | 153.4 | 2,268.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 60 | 61 | 58 | 51 | 46 | 42 | 39 | 45 | 56 | 59 | 55 | 55 | 52 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
