Tumen is located to the east of Mount Changbai and in the lower reaches of the Tumen River, facing the DPRK across the river. Now it takes an area of 1142.3 km and has a population of 136,000. It borders Hunchun, one of the national open cities, to the east and Yanji, the prefecture capital, to the west. More to the point, it is only 160 km away from North Korea’s Najin-Seonbong Free Economic and Trade Zone, 80 km from Changlingzi Port that connects China and Russia and 150 km from the estuary of the Tumen River. All of these factors make it a major transport connection, and the largest port city in Jinlin Province that features convenient transportation communications.
图们市位于吉林省东部，长白山脉东麓，图们江下游，与朝鲜咸境北道稳城郡隔江相望，东与国家级开放城市珲春市相邻，西与州府延吉市相连，南与龙井市相接，北与汪清县相邻，地处大小“金三角”结合部，距朝鲜罗津—先锋自由贸易区160公里，距珲春通往俄罗斯的长岭子口岸80公里，距图们江入海口150公里，素有“地理之要冲，交通之咽喉”之称。是具有沿边、沿江、沿交通线和近海特点的吉林省最大的边境口岸城市。全市总面积1142.3平方公里，总人口13.6万人。
