Linjiang is a county-level city

County-level city

A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....

 in southern Jilin

Jilin

Jilin , is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. Jilin borders North Korea and Russia to the east, Heilongjiang to the north, Liaoning to the south, and Inner Mongolia to the west...

 province of Northeast China

Northeast China

Northeast China, historically known in English as Manchuria, is a geographical region of China, consisting of the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The region is sometimes called the Three Northeast Provinces...

, located to the east of Tonghua

Tonghua

-Economy:Traditionally, Tonghua occupied a railhub position in a region of China noted for trade in only three agricultural commodities. These were ginseng, marten furs and deer antler products. In the 1980s Tonghua had some success with a wine distillery producing sweet, sticky red wines that...

, and not far from the border with North Korea

North Korea

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. It is a county-level city under the administration of Baishan

Baishan

Baishan is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province of the People's Republic of China. "白山" literally means "White Mountain", and is named after Baekdu Mountain, which is known as "长白山" in Chinese....

.

Geography

Linjiang has a monsoon

Monsoon

Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea...

-influenced humid continental climate

Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate is a climatic region typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters....

 (Köppen

Köppen climate classification

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 Dwa), with long, very cold winters, and very warm, humid summers. Monthly average temperatures range from −15.6 °C in January to 22.4 °C (72.3 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 5.3 °C (41.5 °F). Though the annual total is generous, precipitation is quite low during the winter and rainfall is concentrated in the months of June through August.

Administrative Divisions

There are 5 subdistricts

Subdistrict (China)

The subdistrict , is one of the smallest political divisions of China. It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town surrounded by rural areas, or a rural townships known as a xiang .In general, urban areas are divided into...

, 8 towns

Town (China)

When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...

 and 3 townships.

Subdistricts:

• Jianguo Subdistrict (建国街道), Xinshi Subdistrict, Linjiang (新市街道), Xinglong Subdistrict (兴隆街道), Dahu Subdistrict (大湖街道), Three Kilometre Subdistrict (三千米街道)

Towns:

• Dapiaozi (大栗子镇), Huashu (桦树镇), Liudaogou (六道沟镇), Weishahe (苇沙河镇), Huashan (花山镇), Naozhi (闹枝镇), Sidaogou (四道沟镇), Baoshan (宝山镇)

Townships:

• Mayihe Township (蚂蚁河乡), Jiajiaying Township (贾家营乡), Dongbeicha Township (东北岔乡)