Shibei District () is an urban

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

Province, People's Republic of China. , it has an area of and around 1,027,000 inhabitants. In December 2012, the neighbouring

Sifang District Sifang () is a former district at the core of Qingdao, People's Republic of China. In 2003, it had an area of and around 383,700 inhabitants. In December 2012, it was merged into Shibei District Shibei District () is an urban district of Qingdao ...

was merged into Shibei.

Administrative divisions

Shibei District is divided into 23

subdistricts A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. Equivalents * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language * Kelurahan, in Indonesia * Mukim, a township in Brunei, Indon ...

, the latter seven of which were ceded from Sifang District:

Economy

Port

Shibei is home to part of the

Qingdao Port The Port of Qingdao is a seaport on the Yellow Sea in the vicinity of Qingdao (Tsingtao), Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. It is one of the ten busiest ports in the world (7th in 2019, considering total cargo volume). Qingdao Port c ...

, one of China's major trade ports and the seventh busiest in the world, with wharves for ore, crude oil, and coal. It operates more than 125 international sea routes to more than 450 ports in more than 130 countries and regions around the world. In 2009, the port handled 317 million tons of cargo, with 222 million tons from foreign trade and 10.28 million standard containers, making it the world's seventh largest port (ninth in foreign cargo).

References

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Geography of Qingdao County-level divisions of Shandong Districts of China {{Shandong-geo-stub