Kenli District () is a district of the city of

Dongying Dongying (), a prefecture-level city, lies on the northern (Bohai Sea) coast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, 2,193,518 people resided within its administrative area of and 1,188,656 in the built-up area ...

, in northern Shandong province. The district includes the mouth of the

Yellow River The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Ha ...

. As of 2019, Kenli District has a population of 238,900.

History

Kenli was established as a

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in 1959. In June 2016, Kenli was upgraded to a

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Geography

The mouth of the

is located in Kenli District, and flows through the district for . Other major rivers in the district include the Xiaodao River (), the Yongfeng River (), the Yihong River (), and the .

Climate

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Administrative divisions

As of 2020, Kenli District is divided into 2

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, 5

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, and 4 .

Subdistricts

* () * ()

Towns

Demographics

According to

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's China Historical GIS, Kenli had a population of 211,444 in 1999. In the

2000 Chinese Census The 2000 Chinese census, officially the Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (), was conducted by the government of the People's Republic of China with 1 November 2000 as its zero hour. The total population was calcula ...

, Kenli had a recorded population of 242,654.

Transportation

Air

Dongying Shengli Airport Dongying Shengli Airport is an airport serving the city of Dongying in Shandong Province, China. It is located in the town of Yong'an, and was formerly called Dongying Yong'an Airport (). Construction of the airport was started in May 1984 an ...

is located in the southeast of Kenli District.

Rail

The

Zibo–Dongying railway The Zibo–Dongying railway or Zidong railway (), also called the Zhangdian–Dongying railway or Zhangdong railway, is a railroad in Shandong Province of northern China, between Zibo and Dongying. The railway has a total length of . and was c ...

passes through the district.

References

{{authority control County-level divisions of Shandong Dongying