Longkou
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.
Longkou 龙口市 | |
|---|---|
 Nanshan Temple in Longkou | |
 Location in Yantai | |
  Longkou Location in Shandong | |
| Coordinates: 37.657°N 120.491°E | |
| 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 |
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 five subdistricts and eight 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 Penglai city and Yantai urban area 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]
The city can be roughly divided into four major built-up areas: a central urban area, Longkou harbour city, Donghai and Nanshan.
At the west coast of Longkou, there is one of China's largest land reclamation projects under development. It will encompass six artificial islands with an extent of approx. 10 to 10 km.
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) | 7.6 (0.3) |
10 (0.4) |
13 (0.5) |
33 (1.3) |
38 (1.5) |
71 (2.8) |
170 (6.5) |
130 (5.3) |
64 (2.5) |
36 (1.4) |
23 (0.9) |
10 (0.4) |
610 (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]
Transport
Longkou is linked to the national expressway network of China via the G18 expressway (Weifang-Yantai) and the new S19 provincial expressway Longkou-Qingdao. There will be a highspeed rail connection via Weifang, currently this is still under construction. The closest airport is Yantai airport, about one hour east of Longkou.
Education
Longkou is home to Yantai Nanshan University (烟台南山学院), a private university offering bachelor's and master's degrees [9] and to a bilingual (Chinese-English) high school.
See also
References
- 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.
- "History of Longkou". Official website of Longkou Government. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- 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.
- (in Chinese) LongKou China Archived 2007-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Chinese) LongKou China Archived 2007-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
- "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Longkou, China". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
- "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-09/china-s-nanshan-buys-virgin-australia-stake-from-air-new-zealand"
- https://m.tianyancha.com/company/2588956586#!
- http://www.nanshan.edu.cn/