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Ji'an (Chinese: 集安; pinyin: Jí'ān) is a county-level city in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use A county-level city ( is a county-level administrative division of Mainland China. ( Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES It belongs to the prefecture-level city of Tonghua. Tonghua (通化 Pinyin: Tōnghuà is a Prefecture-level city in the People's Republic of China province Jilin. Ji'an has an area of 3,408 km² (1,316 sq mi) and a population of approximately 230,000. The city was established as a city in 1988.

Ji'an is separated from North Korea by the Yalu River. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, The Yalu River ( Chinese) or the Amnok River ( Korean) is a River on the border between China and North Korea. It has an annual average temperature of 6 °C (43 °F) and an average annual precipitation of 900 mm (35 in).

Until 427 CE, Ji'an was the capital of Goguryeo, and was called Gungnae seong (or Guonei, in Chinese), for 400 years until the capital's relocation to Hwando fortress(which is also currently in Ji'an) in 209 CE. Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and Gungnae-seong was the second capital city of the ancient Korean Kingdom of Goguryeo. Wandu Mountain City ( Chinese: 丸[[wikt 都|都]] 山[[wikt 城|城]]) (Korean transliteration Hwando Mountain Fortress) along with The Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom, located in Ji'an Jilin and Huanren Manchu Autonomous County Liaoning, have been listed as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom is a World Heritage Site (identification number 1135 located in the People's Huanren Manchu Autonomous County ( Manchu: Huwanren Manju Zijysiyan Korean: 환인만족자치현 is located in Benxi of Liaoning province A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex


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