Laiwu

Laiwu (simplified Chinese: 莱芜; traditional Chinese: 萊蕪; pinyin: Láiwú) was a prefecture-level city in central Shandong Province, China. Bordered the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Zibo to the east and Tai'an to the southwest, it was the smallest prefecture-level city in the province. It had a population of 1,298,529 at the 2010 census, and became part of Jinan in 2019.[1]

This article is about the former prefecture-level city. For the modern district under Jinan which known as Laicheng, see Laiwu District.
Laiwu
莱芜市
Prefecture-level city of China
1992–2019

Area 
• 
2,246.21 km2 (867.27 sq mi)
History 
• Established
1992
• Disestablished
2019
Succeeded by
Gangcheng District
Laiwu District
Today part ofJinan, Shandong

Administration
Gangcheng, Laiwu

The prefecture-level city of Laiwu administered two county-level divisions, both of which were districts.

They were further divided into 19 township-level divisions, including 14 towns, one townships and four subdistricts.

Since the 1st January, 2019, Laiwu has become a district of Jinan which is the capital city of Shandong province, and is no longer a prefecture-level city any more.

Map

References
  1. "国务院批复同意山东省调整济南市莱芜市行政区划". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese).
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