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Yantai Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Shandong Province , In Chinese [烟台市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 370600;
Post Code : 264000;
Phone Area Code :0535
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 鲁F
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 370600
Area Coverage: 13746 square kilometers;
Population : 6,450,000 persons;
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Current Weather of Yantai:
The adminitrative division form of Yantai is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have juridiction over some small cities in China.
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Yantai Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Laishan District莱山区Laishan QuDistrict
2Mouping District牟平区Mouping QuDistrict
3Fushan District福山区Fushan QuDistrict
4Zhifu District芝罘区Zhifu QuDistrict
5Haiyang City海阳市Haiyang ShiCity
6Qixia City栖霞市Qixia ShiCity
7Zhaoyuan City招远市Zhaoyuan ShiCity
8Penglai City蓬莱市Penglai ShiCity
9Laizhou City莱州市Laizhou ShiCity
10Laiyang City莱阳市Laiyang ShiCity
11Longkou City龙口市Longkou ShiCity
12Changdao County长岛县Changdao XianCounty
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Overview



Yantai, lying at the northeast tip of Shandong Peninsula, is a beautiful coastal city bordering on the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea. It faces Dalian of Liaoning Province to the north, South Korea and Japan to the east across the sea. In the south, it adjoins Qingdao, also a scenic coastal city. Surrounded by mountains and seas, Yantai is endowed with splendid natural landscapes, a variety of products and a hospitable climate. It has long been renowned all over the world as "Gold Coast", "Fairyland on the Earth", "Hometown of Shandong Cuisine" and "City of Wine". Therefore, it has become an ideal seashore ecological tour and holiday resort for visitors from home and abroad.


Area: 13,700 square kilometers Population: 6,468,000 (2005)



Yantai has a pleasant climate, which is neither severely cold in winter nor very hot in summer. The mean annual temperature is 12 degrees centigrade.

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