Huancui () is a

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and the seat of the city of

Weihai Weihai (), formerly called Weihaiwei (), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport in easternmost Shandong province. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow Sea to the east, and is the closest Chinese city to South Korea. Weihai's popul ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in His ...

province, China.

History

In 1398, the

Hongwu Emperor The Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), personal name Zhu Yuanzhang (), courtesy name Guorui (), was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1368 to 1398. As famine, plagues and peasant revolts i ...

launched an initiative to counteract raiding

wokou ''Wokou'' (; Japanese: ''Wakō''; Korean: 왜구 ''Waegu''), which literally translates to "Japanese pirates" or "dwarf pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century to the 16th century.

, which involved sending imperial troops to the area of present-day Huancui to defend the coast. The city of

Weihaiwei Weihai (), formerly called Weihaiwei (), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport in easternmost Shandong province. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow Sea to the east, and is the closest Chinese city to South Korea. Weihai's popul ...

and nearby

Liugong Island Liugong Island () is a small island located on the northeastern edge of Shandong Peninsula, China at the mouth of Weihai Bay. It is known as the "birthplace of China's first modern navy" and is also the site of its defeat in the First Sino-Japane ...

were forcibly leased to British forces from 1898 to 1930 as British Weihaiwei. The area was liberated from Japanese forces in August 1945. On June 15, 1987, Weihai was expanded from a

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to a

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, and the area of the county-level city became contemporary Huancui District.

Geography

Huancui District is relatively low in elevation, with only a few peaks rising above in height. The district's southern edge lies along the eastern portion of the .

Climate

The district has a

continental climate Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing so ...

, with four seasons and relatively moderate temperatures. The district experiences an average annual temperature of , an average annual precipitation of , and 2,480.0 average hours of sunshine per year.

Administrative divisions

As of 2020, Huancui District is divided to five subdistricts and three

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. These township-level divisions are then divided into 102 residential communities and 62 administrative villages.

Subdistricts

The district's five subdistricts are , , , , and Songshan Subdistrict.

Towns

The district's three towns are , , and Wenquan.

Economy

Huancui District recorded a

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of ¥37.603 billion in 2019, which grew at an annual increase of 3.2%. The district's

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shrunk 1.1% in 2019, accounting for ¥3.028 billion, or 8.1% of the economy. The district's

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grew 5.0% in 2019, accounting for ¥12.076 billion, or 32.1% of the economy. The district's

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grew 2.6% in 2019, accounting for ¥22.499 billion, or 59.8% of the economy. The district's official urban unemployment rate in 2019 was 0.67%.

Aquaculture

As of 2019, Huancui District has the largest

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sector in

, and the sector grew 10.7% that year. In 2019, the district's aquaculture sector attracted ¥3.173 billion of investment, and the district government began a collaboration with Shandong University's Weihai Campus to promote industry research in the district.

Foreign trade

The district conducts a significant amount of foreign trade, totaling ¥21.57 billion in 2019. Of this, 15.75 ¥billion was in exports, and ¥5.82 billion was in imports. In 2019, 18.4% of the district's exports were to

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, 17.9% went to the

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, 17.3% went to

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, 13.1% went to the

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, and the remaining 33.3% went to other trading partners. 43.1% of the district's exports in 2019 were

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s and

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, 18.0% of the district's exports were

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and

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ry, 5.5% of the district's exports were agricultural goods, and the remaining 33.4% of exports were in other sectors.