Why visit Tumen
Townapedia lists 17 museums and landmarks, 5 parks and trails, 23 places to eat, 6 places to stay and 4 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Tumen Border Bridge.
Weather in Tumen
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About Tumen
Tumen (simplified Chinese: 图们; traditional Chinese: 圖們; pinyin: Túmén; Chosŏn'gŭl: 도문; Hangul: 투먼) is a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, eastern Jilin province, Northeast China. Of its 136,000 inhabitants, approximately 78,000 (or 57%) are of Korean descent. The two official languages are Chinese and Korean. Tumen is separated from Namyang of North Hamgyong province of North Korea by the Tumen River.
From the Wikipedia article Tumen, Jilin (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Tumen on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do4
Tumen Border Bridge
Bridge · 1.4 km
Cross-border bridge between Tumen and Onsung
Museums and landmarks17
5 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds5
Restaurants and cafes23
11 more on the map.
Where to stay6
Churches and places of worship4
Shopping5
Gas and EV charging5
Schools, colleges and libraries9
Healthcare10
Map of Tumen
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Getting there and nearby towns
Yanji Chaoyangchuan International Airport (YNJ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 33 km away.
- Chang’an 16 km northwest, about 16 min by car
- Yanji 29 km west, about 29 min by car
- Wangqing 39 km north, about 39 min by car
- Longjing 40 km southwest, about 40 min by car
- Hunchun 43 km east, about 43 min by car
- Antu 77 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kraskino 82 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Helong 84 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Pos’yet 86 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Aerial view of Tumen, Baycrest, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Bridge of Tumen City, Prince Roy from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0
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