Tonghua City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jilin Province, located in the south of Jilin Province, bordering baishan city in the east, Benxi, Fushun and Dandong in Liaoning Province in the west, Cijiang Road in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea across the Yalu River in the south, and Liaoyuan City and Jilin City in the north, with a total area of 1.56 million square kilometers.
It has jurisdiction over Dongchang District and Erdaojiang District, Tonghua County, Liuhe County and huinan county County, and Ji 'an City and meihekou city City. More than two-thirds of them are mountainous areas, belonging to the Changbai Mountain system and the humid climate zone in the middle temperate zone. According to the results of the seventh population census, as of 2020 165438+ 10/,the permanent population of Tonghua City is 1 302778.
Tonghua has a long history and profound cultural heritage. It is the birthplace of Koguryo culture and Shaman culture. In 425 years since Koguryo established its capital in Ji 'an, Koguryo's Imperial City, Imperial Tomb and Noble Tomb are the only world cultural heritage successfully declared independently in Northeast China.
Located in the center of Northeast Asia Economic Circle and the core area of Yalu River International Economic Cooperation Belt; There are six national forest parks such as Wunvfeng, Shihu and Jiguan Mountain, four national nature reserves such as Longwan and Hani, and three national wetland parks such as Bawangchao and Mi You River.
In ancient times (about 20,000-40,000 years ago), Tonghua area was inhabited. A large number of paleontological fossils, bone tools such as sharp tools and scrapers, and human fire remains have been found in the Paleolithic cave site in Da 'an Town, Tonghua County, which proves that this site is the site of human living and living in the Paleolithic age.
In the Neolithic Age (about 5-6 thousand years ago), as early as more than 6,000 years ago, there were Neolithic ancient humans on both sides of the Hunjiang River in Tonghua City, fishing and hunting crops and thriving. With the development of history, the ancestors of Tonghua gradually formed a place where the three major language families, Huaxia, Sushen and Yi, lived for generations after long-term mutual influence.