| Meihekou | |
| Native Name: | 梅河口市 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 135000 |
| Settlement Type: | County-level & Sub-prefectural city |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jilin |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tonghua |
| Seat: | Xinhua Subdistrict (Chinese: 新华街道) |
| Area Total Km2: | 2174.6 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 80.00 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Est: | 709000 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Urban: | 285100 |
| Population: | 617262 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Hukou permits |
| Population Blank1: | 183565 |
| Population As Of: | 2009 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Pushpin Map: | Jilin |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jilin |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Meihekou government |
| Coordinates: | 42.5407°N 125.7107°W |
| Elevation M: | 180 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Meihekou is a city of 600,000 in Jilin, People's Republic of China. It is a regional transport hub, connecting three railway lines, all of which are single track, and two national highways. The city is also a major lorry transshipment point in the region as it is also the junction of two trunk roads, connected to Liaoyuan in the northwest. The city is administratively a county-level city of the prefecture-level city of Tonghua, and is its northernmost county-level division.
Meihekou is located in southwestern Jilin province at latitudes 42° 08' to 43° 02' N and longitudes 125° 15' to 126° 03' E, stretching north−south and west−east. It is in the western foothills of the Changbai Mountains and on the upper reaches of the Huifa River (Chinese: 辉发河). Bordering county-level divisions are Huinan County to the east, Liuhe County to the south and southeast, Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County (Liaoning) to the southwest, Dongfeng County to the west and northwest.
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During the 2010s the city experienced a population drop of over 30%. Nevertheless, by the 2020s, Meihekou experienced a 60% population growth rate, with the inhabitants going from 300,000 by mid-2010s to 420,000 in 2023.[4]
Meihekou was known as a center of agriculture and heavy industry. In recent years, the city has developed an alimentation industry, and also has promoted tourism.
Meihekou is a regional transport hub, connecting the Shenji (Shenyang−Jilin City; Chinese: 沈吉铁路), the Simei (Siping−Meihekou; Chinese: 四梅铁路), and the Meiji (Meihekou−Ji'an Chinese: 梅集铁路) Railways. The highways that pass through the area are the Heida (Heihe−Dalian) Highway and the Jixi (Ji'an−Xilinhot) Highway.