Longkou (), formerly Huang County (), is a port city in northeastern

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province, China, facing the

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to the north and the

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to the west. Longkou, a

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, is administered by the

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Yantai Yantai, formerly known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of the People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao ...

. It is located in the northwest of Jiaodong Peninsula and the south bank of Bohai Bay, adjacent to Penglai District in the east, Qixia City and Zhaoyuan City in the south, Bohai Sea in the west and north, and facing Tianjin and Dalian across the sea. With a total area of 901 square kilometers, the city has jurisdiction over 5 subdistricts, 8 towns and 1 high-tech industrial park. Longkou has been awarded many honors, such as National Civilized City, China Excellent Tourist City, National Health City, National Green Model City, National Garden City, National Sustainable Development Experimental Zone, National Ecological Protection and Construction Demonstration Zone, and provincial pilot county for transformation and upgrading of scientific development of county economy.

History

Huang County was the center of the ancient

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state of Lai during China's

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.. Under the

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, it was administered as part of Dengzhou (now Penglai). Huang County was renamed Longkou in 1986.

Administrative divisions

There are five

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and eight

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under the city's administration: Subdistricts: *

Donglai Subdistrict Donglai Commandery ( zh, 東萊郡) was a historical Chinese commandery on the Jiaodong Peninsula, existing from Han dynasty to Tang dynasty. Donglai Commandery was likely established during Emperor Jing of Han's reign on the lands of Jiaodong Com ...

(),

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(), Xinjia Subdistrict (), Xufu Subdistrict (),

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() Towns: * Huangshanguan (), Beima (), Lutou (), Xiadingjia (), Qijia (), Shiliang (), Langao (), Zhuyouguan ()

Geography

Longkou is a coastal harbour city adjacent to Penglai city and Yantai urban area to the east, linked to Qingdao to the south. Its administrative area (county-level city) covers and contains a coastline of . The city can be roughly divided into four major built-up areas: a central urban area, Longkou harbour city, Donghai and Nanshan. At the west coast of Longkou, there is one of China's largest land reclamation projects under development. It will encompass six artificial islands with an extent of approx. 10 to 10 km. Longkou is quite mountainous in the south and flat plains to the north. It has with low hills in the southeast and littoral plains in the northwest. There are mountains and rivers surrounding Longkou. The annual average temperature within the city is 11.7 °C. Although longkou has pleasant temperature in summer, it could be extremely cold during winter

Climate

Economy

Longkou is well known for its production of

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, it is home to the New Dragon Asia Corporation head office as well as the Nanshan Group, an industrial conglomerate. Longkou is a port city with an international deep-water cargo port. It handles over 70.000 tons annually. There is also a number of smaller industrial companies, such as Longkou Beer Equipment Co. In 2021, the regional GDP and general public budget revenue of Longkou City reached 123.66 billion yuan and 11.2 billion yuan respectively, with an annual growth rate of 6.7% and 5% respectively.

Transport

Longkou is linked to the national expressway network of China via the G18 expressway (Weifang-Yantai) and the new S19 provincial expressway Longkou-Qingdao. There will be a highspeed rail connection via Weifang, currently this is still under construction. The closest airport is Yantai airport, about one hour east of Longkou. Within the territory of the DaLailong Railway, Longyan railway and other railway trunk.

Education

Longkou is home to Yantai Nanshan University (), a private university offering bachelor's and master's degrees and to a bilingual (Chinese-English) high school.

References

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234504/https://web.archive.org/web/20180814022029/http://www.longkou.gov.cn/eng/eng.jsp (Official Government Website)
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