Qingdao (Cheenese: 青岛; pinyin: Aboot this soondQīngdǎo ), historically kent as Tsingtao, is a major ceety in eastren Shandong provincee, Eastren Cheenae, wi a population o ower 8.715 million (2010 census). Its biggit up aurie, made o 6 urban destricts an 4 coonty-level ceeties, is home tae aboot 4,896,000 indwallers in 2010.

Qingdao

青岛
青岛市
Clockwise frae tap left: A Stone biggin in Ba Da Guan, A hoose in the auld section o Qingdao, Qingdao TV Touer, Qingdao skyline an Zhan Qiao Pier, 4 Mey Square
Clockwise frae tap left: A Stone biggin in Ba Da Guan, A hoose in the auld section o Qingdao, Qingdao TV Touer, Qingdao skyline an Zhan Qiao Pier, 4 Mey Square
Official seal of Qingdao
Seal
Location o Qingdao Ceety (yellae) in Shandong province
Location o Qingdao Ceety (yellae) in Shandong province
Qingdao is located in Cheenae
Qingdao
Qingdao
Location in Cheenae
Coordinates: 36°04′N 120°23′E / 36.067°N 120.383°E / 36.067; 120.383Coordinates: 36°04′N 120°23′E / 36.067°N 120.383°E / 36.067; 120.383
KintraFowkrepublic o Cheenae
ProvinceShandong
Municipal seatShinan Destrict
Govrenment
 • CPC SecretaryLi Qun (李群)
 • MayorZhang Xinqi (张新起)
Area
 • Sub-provincial ceety11026 km2 (4,257 sq mi)
 • Laund11026 km2 (4,257 sq mi)
 • Urban
1411 km2 (545 sq mi)
 • Metro
3138 km2 (1,212 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Sub-provincial ceety8,715,100
 • Density790/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
3,718,800
 • Urban density2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart)
Postal code
266000
Area code(s)532
GDPRMB¥ 730.21 billion (2012)
GDP per capitaRMB¥ 65,827 (2010)
License Plate PrefixB & U
Coastline862.64 km (536.02 mi)
(inclusive of offshore islands)
730.64 km (454.00 mi)
(exclusive of islands)
Major NaitionalitiesHan: 99.86%
Coonty-level diveesions10
Websitewww.qingdao.gov.cn
Qingdao
Semplifeed Cheenese青岛
Tradeetional Cheenese青島
PostalTsingtao
Leeteral meaninlush island or green island

It borders Yantai tae the northeast, Weifang tae the wast an Rizhao tae the soothwast. Qīng () in Cheenese means "green" or "lush", while dǎo () means "island". Qingdao is admeenistered at the sub-provincial level.

Lyin across the Shandong Peninsulae while leukin oot tae the Yellae Sea, Qingdao is a major seaport, naval base, an industrial centre. It is an aa the steid o the Tsingtao Brewery. The warld's langest sea bridge, the Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, airts the main urban aurie o Qingdao wi Huangdao destrict, straddlin the Jiaozhou Bay sea auries.[1] Qingdao is named Cheenae's maist livable ceety.[2][3][4][5]

Geografie an climate eedit

Qingdao
Climate chart (explanation)
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Precipitation totals in mm
Source: Hong Kong Observatory[6]

Qingdao is locatit on the sooth facin coast o the Shandong Peninsulae. It borders three prefectur-level ceeties, namely Yantai tae the northeast, Weifang tae the wast, an Rizhao tae the soothwast. The ceety's tot jurisdiction aurie occupies 10,654 square kilometre (4,114 sq mi), an stretches in latitude frae 35° 35' tae 37° 09' N an in longitude frae 119° 30' tae 121° 00' E. The populatit sections o the ceety are relatively flat while muntains spur up within ceety leemits an nearby. The heichest elevation in the ceety is 1,133 metre (3,717 ft) abuin sea level. 15.5% o the tot aurie is heichland, while the fithill, plain an laichland auries constitute 25.1%, 37.8% an 21.7%. The ceety haes a 730.64 kilometre (454.00 mi) coastline. Five significant rivers that flow for mair nor 50 kilometre (31 mi) can be foond in the region.

Qingdao haes a temperate, fower-saison, monsoon-influenced[7] climate that lies in the transeetion atween the humid subtropical (Köppen Cwa) an humid continental (Köppen Dwa) regimes, but favourin the umwhile. Winter is cuil tae cauld an windy, but generally dry, wi a Januar average o −0.5 °C (31.1 °F). Simmer is generally het an humid, but very het days are rare, wi an August average o 25.3 °C (77.5 °F). Due tae its proximity tae the coast an bein on a peninsulae, it experiences an ane-month delayed ware compared tae maist inland auries o Cheenae,[7] an the annual diurnal temperatur variation is anly 6.3 °C (11.3 °F). Conversely, hairst is milder than inland auries in Shandong. The watter temperature peaks at aboot 25 °C (77 °F) in late August, wi soummin possible twa month on aither side. The annual mean temperature is 12.6 °C (54.7 °F).

Internaitional relations eedit

Twin touns — Sister ceeties eedit

Qingdao is twinned wi:

Friendly co-operative ceeties eedit

Qingdao is a friendly co-operative ceety o the follaein ceeties aroond the warld.

References eedit

  1. A bridge too far? China unveils world's longest sea bridge which is five miles FURTHER than the Dover-Calais crossing | Mail Online. Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  2. "List of 10 Most Livable Cities in China Issued". 9 Julie 2009. Archived frae the original on 26 Apryle 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  3. 蔺丽瑶 (27 Julie 2011). "Top 10 livable cities in China 2011". China.org.cn. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  4. [1] Archived 2013-04-10 at Archive.today
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  6. a b "Climatological Normals of Qingdao". Hong Kong Observatory. Archived frae the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2010.
  7. a b "自然地理" (in Simplified Chinese). Qingdao: Shinan District Information Office. Archived frae the original on 2 Juin 2010. Retrieved 13 Mey 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  8. "青岛城市介绍" (in Simplified Chinese). Weather.com.cn. Juin 2011. Retrieved 1 Juin 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
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