Yantai
Yantai (Chinese烟台 市/烟台 市, pinyin Yantai shì ) is a prefecture-level city in east China's Shandong Province. It is the largest fishing port of Shandong and an important economic center. Yantai has an area of 13,745.74 km ² and approximately 6.46 million inhabitants ( 2002).
Geography
Yantai is situated on the Shandong peninsula south of the Bohai Sea and near the southern tip of Korea. The coastline is 909 kilometers.
Topographical consists Yantai to 36.62 % from Bergland, 39.7% from hills to 20.78% from levels and to 2.9% from pool. The highest point is with 922.8 meters of the country Kunyu.
The main rivers are:
- Dagu River
- Dagujia River
- Huang Shui River
- Jie River
- Wang River
- Wulong River
- Xin'an River
All administrative divisions Yantai, except for the independent city Qixia, located on the coast.
Name
Yantai means " smoke - terrace ", which originates from a signal fire from the 14th century, by which the approach of enemy ships was signaled. This was on the Yantai Shan, one on three sides washed by the sea mountainous peninsula. Today, there is a lighthouse. The German name Tschifu or English Chefoo or Cheefoo earlier wrongly used is actually just the name of an offshore "island" in the eponymous municipality ZHIFU.
History
The region was inhabited during the Middle Ages by the people of Laiyi. It is believed that they formed a small state to the present city of Laizhou during the Xia dynasty.
1398 was the signal fire, which for centuries was to become the namesake later.
In July 1858 the Chinese empire signed the Treaty of Tianjin and Dengzhou how the port city was called until then was renamed in Yantai. Yantai opened its harbor in 1861. 17 nations, including the United Kingdom, established offices in Yantai.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Yantai, like the whole Shandong peninsula was ruled by Kiautschou from Germany. Later it entertained the U.S. Navy a base for its Asian fleet.
Administrative Divisions
Yantai is composed of a circle, four municipalities and seven independent cities:
- Circle Changdao (长岛 县), 56 sq km, roughly 50,000 inhabitants (2001), capital: greater community Nanchangshan (南 长 山镇);
- City Fushan District (福山区), 706 km ², approximately 340,000 inhabitants (2001);
- Municipality Laishan (莱山区), 258 km ², approximately 160,000 inhabitants (2001);
- Municipality Muping (牟平 区), 1589 km ², 480,000 inhabitants (2001);
- City Zhifu (芝罘区), 174 km ², approximately 640,000 inhabitants (2001);
- Haiyang City (海阳 市), 1881.6 km ², approximately 690,000 inhabitants (2001);
- Laiyang City (莱阳 市), 1732 km ², approximately 890,000 inhabitants (2001);
- Laizhou City (莱州 市), 1878 km ², approximately 870,000 inhabitants (2001);
- Longkou City (龙口 市), 893 km ², approximately 620,000 inhabitants (2001);
- Penglai City (蓬莱 市), 1129 km ², 480,000 inhabitants (2001);
- Qixia City (栖霞 市), 2016 km ², approximately 660,000 inhabitants (2001);
- Zhaoyuan City (招远 市), 1433 km ², approximately 580,000 inhabitants ( 2001).
Traffic
Yantai is the terminus of a railway and a highway from Qingdao. Regular shipping is to Dalian, Qinhuangdao and Tianjin.
Economy
In the 1990s, the city and district of Yantai developed into a modern business center:
- Gross domestic product: 922 940 000 000 yuan (2002)
- GDP per capita: 14,630 yuan
Yantai is a center of Chinese wine production.
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