Yushu is a city in the northern 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. It 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....

 under the administration of Changchun

Changchun

Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China, in the center of the Songliao Plain. It is administered as a sub-provincial city with a population of 7,677,089 at the 2010 census under its jurisdiction, including counties and...

 (the provincial capital), more than 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the southwest, and around 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) south of Harbin

Harbin

Harbin ; Manchu language: , Harbin; Russian: Харби́н Kharbin ), is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, lying on the southern bank of the Songhua River...

. The name of the place means "Elm Tree".

Administrative Divisions

There are 4 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...

, 16 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...

, 20 townships, and 1 ethnic township.

Subdistricts:

• Huachang Subdistrict (华昌街道), Zhenyang Subdistrict (正阳街道), Peiying Subdistrict (培英街道), Chengjiao Subdistrict (城郊街道)

Towns:

• Sihe (泗河镇), Daling (大岭镇), Dapo (大坡镇), Huaijia (怀家镇), Tuqiao (土桥镇), Xinli (新立镇), Heilin (黑林镇), Wukeshu (五棵树镇), Minjia (闵家镇), Xiangyang (向阳镇), Gongpeng (弓棚镇), Baoshou (保寿镇), Xiushui (秀水镇), Liujia (刘家镇), Bahao (八号镇), Xinzhuang (新庄镇)

Townships:

• Huancheng Township (环城乡), Chengfa Township (城发乡), Lihe Township (李合乡), Yujia Township
  Yujia Township
  Yujia Township is a township-level division of Jingxing County, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China....
  
   (于家乡), Qingding Township (青顶乡), Shisihu Township (十四户乡), Guangming Township (光明乡), Xiejia Township (谢家乡), Fu'an Township (福安乡), Dayu Township (大于乡), Xuanfeng Township (先锋乡), Qianjin Township (前进乡), Wulong Township (武龙乡), Dagang Township (大岗乡), Shuangjing Township (双井乡), Hongxing Township (红星乡), Siyu Township (恩育乡), Tai'an Township (太安乡), Yumin Township (育民乡), Qingshan Township (青山乡), Yanhe Korean Ethnic Township (延和朝鲜族乡)