Qingdao

Qingdao (Cheenese: 青岛; pinyin: Qīngdǎo ), historically kent as Tsingtao, is a major ceety in eastren Shandong provincee, Eastren Cheenae, wi a population o ower 8.715 million (2010 census). Its biggit up aurie, made o 6 urban destricts an 4 coonty-level ceeties, is home tae aboot 4,896,000 indwallers in 2010.

Qingdao 青岛
Sub-provincial ceety
青岛市
Clockwise frae tap left: A Stone biggin in Ba Da Guan, A hoose in the auld section o Qingdao, Qingdao TV Touer, Qingdao skyline an Zhan Qiao Pier, 4 Mey Square
Location o Qingdao Ceety (yellae) in Shandong province
Qingdao Location in Cheenae
Coordinates: 36°04′N 120°23′E
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province	Shandong
Municipal seat	Shinan Destrict
Govrenment
• CPC Secretary	Li Qun (李群)
• Mayor	Zhang Xinqi (张新起)
Area
• Sub-provincial ceety	11026 km2 (4,257 sq mi)
• Laund	11026 km2 (4,257 sq mi)
• Urban	1411 km2 (545 sq mi)
• Metro	3138 km2 (1,212 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Sub-provincial ceety	8,715,100
• Density	790/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
• Urban	3,718,800
• Urban density	2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart)
Postal code	266000
Area code(s)	532
GDP	RMB¥ 730.21 billion (2012)
GDP per capita	RMB¥ 65,827 (2010)
License Plate Prefix	鲁B & 鲁U
Coastline	862.64 km (536.02 mi) (inclusive of offshore islands) 730.64 km (454.00 mi) (exclusive of islands)
Major Naitionalities	Han: 99.86%
Coonty-level diveesions	10
Website	www.qingdao.gov.cn

Qingdao
Semplifeed Cheenese	青岛
Tradeetional Cheenese	青島
Postal	Tsingtao
Leeteral meanin	lush island or green island
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It borders Yantai tae the northeast, Weifang tae the wast an Rizhao tae the soothwast. Qīng (青) in Cheenese means "green" or "lush", while dǎo (岛) means "island". Qingdao is admeenistered at the sub-provincial level.

Lyin across the Shandong Peninsulae while leukin oot tae the Yellae Sea, Qingdao is a major seaport, naval base, an industrial centre. It is an aa the steid o the Tsingtao Brewery. The warld's langest sea bridge, the Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, airts the main urban aurie o Qingdao wi Huangdao destrict, straddlin the Jiaozhou Bay sea auries.^[1] Qingdao is named Cheenae's maist livable ceety.^[2][3][4][5]

Geografie an climate

Qingdao
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     11     3 −3     12     5 −2     21     9 2     35     15 8     55     20 13     84     24 18     142     27 22     151     28 23     63     25 19     48     20 13     28     12 6     12     6 −1 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: Hong Kong Observatory[6]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.4     37 26     0.5     40 29     0.8     48 36     1.4     59 46     2.2     69 56     3.3     75 64     5.6     81 72     5.9     83 73     2.5     78 66     1.9     68 56     1.1     54 43     0.5     42 31 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

Qingdao is locatit on the sooth facin coast o the Shandong Peninsulae. It borders three prefectur-level ceeties, namely Yantai tae the northeast, Weifang tae the wast, an Rizhao tae the soothwast. The ceety's tot jurisdiction aurie occupies 10,654 square kilometre (4,114 sq mi), an stretches in latitude frae 35° 35' tae 37° 09' N an in longitude frae 119° 30' tae 121° 00' E. The populatit sections o the ceety are relatively flat while muntains spur up within ceety leemits an nearby. The heichest elevation in the ceety is 1,133 metre (3,717 ft) abuin sea level. 15.5% o the tot aurie is heichland, while the fithill, plain an laichland auries constitute 25.1%, 37.8% an 21.7%. The ceety haes a 730.64 kilometre (454.00 mi) coastline. Five significant rivers that flow for mair nor 50 kilometre (31 mi) can be foond in the region.

Qingdao haes a temperate, fower-saison, monsoon-influenced^[7] climate that lies in the transeetion atween the humid subtropical (Köppen Cwa) an humid continental (Köppen Dwa) regimes, but favourin the umwhile. Winter is cuil tae cauld an windy, but generally dry, wi a Januar average o −0.5 °C (31.1 °F). Simmer is generally het an humid, but very het days are rare, wi an August average o 25.3 °C (77.5 °F). Due tae its proximity tae the coast an bein on a peninsulae, it experiences an ane-month delayed ware compared tae maist inland auries o Cheenae,^[7] an the annual diurnal temperatur variation is anly 6.3 °C (11.3 °F). Conversely, hairst is milder than inland auries in Shandong. The watter temperature peaks at aboot 25 °C (77 °F) in late August, wi soummin possible twa month on aither side. The annual mean temperature is 12.6 °C (54.7 °F).

Climate data for Qingdao
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average heich °C (°F)	2.8 (37.0)	4.6 (40.3)	9.0 (48.2)	15.0 (59.0)	20.3 (68.5)	23.7 (74.7)	27.1 (80.8)	28.4 (83.1)	25.3 (77.5)	19.8 (67.6)	12.3 (54.1)	5.7 (42.3)	16.2 (61.1)
Average law °C (°F)	−3.3 (26.1)	−1.9 (28.6)	2.3 (36.1)	7.9 (46.2)	13.2 (55.8)	17.8 (64.0)	22.2 (72.0)	23.0 (73.4)	18.9 (66.0)	13.1 (55.6)	5.9 (42.6)	−0.5 (31.1)	9.9 (49.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	11.3 (0.44)	12.1 (0.48)	21.4 (0.84)	34.6 (1.36)	54.9 (2.16)	84.0 (3.31)	142.1 (5.59)	151.1 (5.95)	62.7 (2.47)	48.2 (1.90)	27.9 (1.10)	11.8 (0.46)	662.1 (26.06)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	3.1	3.7	4.7	6.7	7.5	9.4	12.4	10.2	6.5	6.1	4.7	3.4	78.4
Mean monthly sunshine oors	186.0	180.8	220.1	222.0	244.9	219.0	182.9	223.2	219.0	220.1	189.0	182.9	2,489.9
Source: Cheena Wather (1971−2000),[8] Hong Kong Observatory (sun only, 1961−1990)[6]

Internaitional relations

Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Qingdao is twinned wi:

- Shimonoseki, Japan (3 October 1979) - Long Beach, Californie, USA (12 Aprile 1985) - Acapulco, Mexico (21 August 1985) - Wilhelmshaven, Germany (1992) - Odessa, Ukraine (29 Aprile 1993) - Daegu, Sooth Korea (4 December 1993) - Nes Ziyyona, Israel (2 December 1997) - Velsen, the Netherlands (9 December 1998)

- Southampton, UK (27 December 1998) - Galway, Ireland (1999) - Puerto Montt, Chile (17 August 1999) - Paderborn, Germany (2003) - Perm, Roushie (2003) - Iloilo Ceety, Philippines, (2003) - Montevideo, Uruguay, (15 Aprile 2004) - Klaipėda, Lithuanie (30 Mey 2004)

- Bilbao, Spain (21 August 2004) - Nantes, Fraunce (4 Juin 2005) - Brest, Fraunce (8 Mey 2005) - Miami, Florida, USA (30 August 2005) - St Petersburg, Roushie (8 October 2006) - Makassar, Indonesie - North Shore City, New Zealand (9 August 2008) - Vila Velha, Brazil (27 October 2009) - Rijeka, Croatie (22 August 2010)

Friendly co-operative ceeties

Qingdao is a friendly co-operative ceety o the follaein ceeties aroond the warld.

- Gothenburg, Swaden (1994) - Mannheim, Germany (1995) - Incheon, Sooth Korea (1995) - San Francisco, USA (1997) - Chişinău, Moldovae (1997) - Port Sudan, Sudan (1998) - Orlando, USA (1998) - Tangier, Morocco (1999) - Rijeka, Croatie (1999) - Pyeongtaek, Sooth Korea (1999) - Naruto, Japan (1999) - Västergötland, Swaden (1999) - Adelaide, Australie (2000)

- Da Nang, Vietnam (2000) - Nicosia, Cyprus (2000) - Edmonton, Canadae (2000) - Oakland, USA (2000) - Los Angeles, USA (2000) - Skagen, Denmark (2000) - Brest, Fraunce (2002) - Kobe, Japan (2003) - Fukuoka, Japan (2003) - Busan, Sooth Korea (2003) - Gunsan, Sooth Korea (2003) - Cairns, Australie (2003) - Iloilo, Philippines (2003)

- Braunau, Austrick (2004) - St Louis, USA (2004) - Kitakyushu, Japan (2005) - Houston, USA (2006) - St Petersburg, Roushie (2007) - Rhine-Ruhr, Germany[9] (2008) - Vila Velha, Brazil (2009) - Richmond, Canadae (2009) - Regensburg, Germany (2009) - Kyoto, Japan (2011)