Longkou

Longkou
龙口市
County-level city
Nanshan Temple in Longkou

Location in Yantai
Longkou
Location in Shandong
Coordinates: 37°39′25″N 120°29′28″E / 37.657°N 120.491°E / 37.657; 120.491Coordinates: 37°39′25″N 120°29′28″E / 37.657°N 120.491°E / 37.657; 120.491
Country People's Republic of China
Province Shandong
Prefecture-level city Yantai
Township-level divisions 5 subdistricts
8 towns
Municipal seat Xinjia Subdistrict (新嘉街道)
Population
 • Total 620,000
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code 265700

Longkou (simplified Chinese: 龙口; traditional Chinese: 龍口; pinyin: Lóngkǒu), formerly Huang County (simplified Chinese: 黄县; traditional Chinese: 黃縣; pinyin: Huáng Xiàn), is a port city in northeastern Shandong province, China, facing the Bohai Sea to the north and the Laizhou Bay to the west. Longkou, a county-level city, is administered by the prefecture-level city of Yantai. The total population of Longkou is 620,000.

History

Huang County was the center of the ancient Dongyi state of Lai during China's Zhou dynasty.[1] Under the Qing, it was administered as part of Dengzhou (now Penglai).[1]

Huang County was renamed Longkou in 1986.[2]

Administrative divisions

There are 5 subdistricts and 8 towns under the city's administration:[3]

Subdistricts:

  • Donglai Subdistrict (东莱街道), Longgang Subdistrict (龙港街道), Xinjia Subdistrict (新嘉街道), Xufu Subdistrict (徐福街道), Dongjiang Subdistrict (东江街道)

Towns:

  • Huangshanguan (黄山馆镇), Beima (北马镇), Lutou (芦头镇), Xiadingjia (下丁家镇), Qijia (七甲镇), Shiliang (石良镇), Langao (兰高镇), Zhuyouguan (诸由观镇)

Geography

Longkou is a coastal harbour city adjacent to Yantai to the east, linked to Qingdao to the south. Its administrative area (county-level city) covers 893 km2 (345 sq mi) and contains a coastline of 68.4 km (42.5 mi).[4]

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 [5]

Climate

Climate data for Longkou
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 1
(33)		 2
(35)		 8
(46)		 16
(60)		 22
(71)		 27
(80)		 29
(84)		 28
(82)		 24
(75)		 19
(66)		 11
(51)		 4
(39)		 16
(60)
Average low °C (°F) −7
(19)		 −6
(21)		 −1
(30)		 5
(41)		 11
(51)		 17
(62)		 21
(69)		 20
(68)		 14
(57)		 9
(48)		 2
(35)		 −3
(26)		 7
(44)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 8
(0.3)		 10
(0.4)		 13
(0.5)		 33
(1.3)		 38
(1.5)		 71
(2.8)		 165
(6.5)		 135
(5.3)		 64
(2.5)		 36
(1.4)		 23
(0.9)		 10
(0.4)		 607
(23.9)
Source: Weatherbase [6]

Economy

Longkou is well known for its production of cellophane noodles, it is home to the New Dragon Asia Corporation head office as well as the Nanshan Group, an industrial conglomerate.[7] 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. [8]

Education

Longkou is home to Yantai Nanshan University (烟台南山学院), a private university offering bachelor and masters degrees [9] and to a bilingual (Chinese-English) high school.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Legge, James (1872), The Ch'un Ts'ew with Tso Chuen, The Chinese Classics, Vol. V, Hong Kong: Lane, Crawford, & Co., Prol., Ch. iii, p. 131 .
  2. ↑ "History of Longkou". Official website of Longkou Government. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  3. ↑ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：龙口市 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  4. ↑ (in Chinese) LongKou China Archived 2007-08-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ (in Chinese) LongKou China Archived 2007-08-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Longkou, China". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
  7. ↑ "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-09/china-s-nanshan-buys-virgin-australia-stake-from-air-new-zealand"
  8. ↑ https://m.tianyancha.com/company/2588956586#!
  9. ↑ http://www.nanshan.edu.cn/
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