Changchun (长春) is the capital and largest city of Jilin district, located at the northeast of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city. The name originated from the Jurchen language.
The Changchun metropolitan area has a population of about 7 million and a population of about 3 million in its city proper.
Changchun is a new city with about 200 years of history. Changchun started as a minor trading town.
In 1800, Emperor Jiaqing of Qing Dynasty selected a small village on the east bank of the Yitong River and named it as “Changchun Ting”, and in 1889, it was promoted as “Changchun Fu”.
It expanded rapidly as the junction between the Japanese-owned South Manchurian Railway and the Russian-owned Chinese Eastern Railway.
Changchun had railway repair shops and branch lines originating in Changchun and extending into Korea and Inner Mongolia.
The Jilin University at Changchun is a leading national university.
