Baicheng () is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Jilin province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Heilongjiang to the east and northeast. At the 2010 census, 2,033,058 people lived within its administrative area of .
Toponymy
By 1938 the area was renamed to Baicheng, which in Chinese means white town. The name's origin is the Mongolian name of the city Chaghanhot, which also means "white town".
History
The area of present-day Baicheng has been inhabited by humans for more than 12,000 years, dating back to the Upper Paleolithic era. The area was subsequently inhabited by the nomadic Donghu from the period of the Shang dynasty through to the Qin dynasty.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the entire area was brought under the control of Longjiang province (), The city stretches from a latitude of 44° 13′ to 46° 18′ N, and a longitude of 121° 38′ to 124° 22' E.
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Administrative divisions
Baicheng directly administers one district, two counties, and two county-level cities. Of the remaining 6.35%, the largest ethnic minorities in the city include the Mongols (3.51%), the Manchu (1.92%), Koreans (0.58%), and the Hui (0.21%).
As of 2022, 50.2% of Baicheng's population is male, and 49.8% is female.
The total retail sales of consumer goods in Baicheng totaled 15.319 billion RMB in 2022. The total investment is 480 million yuan. The airport was opened on 31 March 2017, the fifth civil airport in Jilin province. The airport has a runway that is 2,500 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4C), and a 4,471-square-meter terminal building. It is designed to handle 200,000 passengers and 700 tons of cargo annually by 2020.