Wangqing County

Wangqing County 汪清县 · 왕청현
County
Wangqing Location in Jilin
Coordinates: 43°19′N 129°46′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jilin
Prefecture	Yanbian
County seat	Wangqing Town (汪清镇)
Area
• Total	8,994 km2 (3,473 sq mi)
Elevation	236 m (774 ft)
Population
• Total	260,000
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	133200

Wangqing County
Simplified Chinese	汪清县
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wāngqīng Xiàn
Chinese Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	왕청현
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Wangcheong-hyeon McCune–Reischauer Wangch’ŏng-hyŏn
South Korean name
Hangul	왕칭 현
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Wangching Hyeon McCune–Reischauer Wangch'ing Hyŏn

Wangqing County is a county of southeastern Jilin province, China. It is under the administration of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. The county's name Wangqing comes from the Manchu language meaning fortress.

Administrative divisions

Map of Wanqing (labeled as Wang-ch'ing (Pai-ts'ao-kou) 汪清 (百草溝)) and surrounding region (1956)

Wangqing has eight towns and one township.

Towns:

• Wangqing (汪清镇 / 왕청진), Daxinggou (大兴沟镇 / 대흥구진), Tianqiaoling (天桥岭镇 / 천교령진), Luozigou (罗子沟镇 / 라자구진), Chunyang (春阳镇 / 춘양진), Fuxing (复兴镇 / 복흥진), Baicaogou (百草沟镇 / 백초구진), Dongguang (东光镇 / 동광진)

The only township is Jiguan Township (鸡冠乡 / 계관향)