Tumen 图们市 ·도문시 | |
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 Tumen and the Tumen River | |
  Tumen Location in Jilin province Show map of Jilin Tumen Tumen (China) Show map of China | |
| Coordinates:42°58′N129°51′E / 42.967°N 129.850°E /42.967; 129.850 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Prefecture | Yanbian |
| Seat | Xiangshang Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 1,142.7 km2 (441.2 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 15.00 km2 (5.79 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| 121,000 | |
| • Density | 106/km2 (274/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 84,700 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 133100 |
| Website | [2] |
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| Simplified Chinese | 图们市 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 圖們市 | ||||||
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 도문시 | ||||||
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| South Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 투먼 시 | ||||||
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Tumen (simplified Chinese:图们;traditional Chinese:圖們;pinyin:Túmén;Chosŏn'gŭl: 도문;Hangul: 투먼) is acounty-level city inYanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, easternJilin province,Northeast China. Of its 136,000 inhabitants, approximately 78,000 (or 57%) are of Korean descent.[citation needed] The two official languages areChinese andKorean. Tumen is separated fromNamyang ofNorth Hamgyong province ofNorth Korea by theTumen River. Due to this proximity, many North Koreans escaping North Korea pass through Tumen. Tumen is also the location of a large detention center for captured North Koreans awaiting deportation. Tumen has two major food markets, the South Market and the North Market, where most of the residents purchase their food. Packaged foods and meats are usually sold inside the building, and vegetables are sold outside. There are six elementary schools, with three Korean schools, and three Chinese schools.
A riverfront promenade in the city has restaurants where patrons can gaze across the river into North Korea.[2]
Tumen has threesubdistricts and fourtowns.[3]
Subdistricts:
Towns:
| Climate data for Tumen, elevation 143 m (469 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) | 11.3 (52.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 33.3 (91.9) | 33.7 (92.7) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.7 (99.9) | 36.5 (97.7) | 32.2 (90.0) | 28.1 (82.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 10.1 (50.2) | 37.7 (99.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) | −1.2 (29.8) | 5.8 (42.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 20.4 (68.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 15.1 (59.2) | 4.1 (39.4) | −4.2 (24.4) | 12.3 (54.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) | −7.4 (18.7) | −0.2 (31.6) | 7.9 (46.2) | 13.5 (56.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 8.3 (46.9) | −1.5 (29.3) | −9.5 (14.9) | 6.3 (43.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.6 (2.1) | −13.0 (8.6) | −5.8 (21.6) | 1.5 (34.7) | 7.7 (45.9) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.7 (63.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 2.5 (36.5) | −6.2 (20.8) | −14.0 (6.8) | 1.3 (34.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −29.2 (−20.6) | −26.7 (−16.1) | −20.3 (−4.5) | −9.1 (15.6) | −1.3 (29.7) | 5.7 (42.3) | 10.0 (50.0) | 7.1 (44.8) | −1.1 (30.0) | −11.5 (11.3) | −20.2 (−4.4) | −26.2 (−15.2) | −29.2 (−20.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 6.5 (0.26) | 6.6 (0.26) | 12.9 (0.51) | 31.0 (1.22) | 68.1 (2.68) | 81.0 (3.19) | 128.7 (5.07) | 111.6 (4.39) | 65.0 (2.56) | 32.6 (1.28) | 20.1 (0.79) | 7.6 (0.30) | 571.7 (22.51) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.8 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 13.9 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 103.2 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 30.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 56 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 66 | 78 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 63 | 59 | 58 | 65 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 193.3 | 200.0 | 228.6 | 213.9 | 212.0 | 186.9 | 163.4 | 172.7 | 202.4 | 202.0 | 166.1 | 171.3 | 2,312.6 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 66 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 47 | 41 | 35 | 40 | 55 | 60 | 57 | 61 | 54 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] All-time Oct extreme[6] | |||||||||||||
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