Qinhuangdao
| Qínhuángdǎo shì 秦皇岛 市 Qinhuangdao |
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 Aerial view of Qinhuangdao |
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| Coordinates | 39 ° 56 ' N , 119 ° 36' E | ||
 Location of Qinhuangdao (red) in Hebei Province (white) |
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| Basic data | |||
| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
| region | North china | ||
| province | Hebei | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-HE | ||
| status | district-free city | ||
| structure | 3 boroughs | ||
| surface | 7,812.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 3,094,600 (2016) | ||
| density | 396.1 Ew. / km² | ||
| Time zone | UTC + 8 | ||
Qinhuangdao ( Chinese 秦皇島 市 / 秦皇岛 市 , Pinyin Qínhuángdǎo shì - "Island of the (first) Qin Emperor") is a large city with a coal port in the People's Republic of China . The city has around 2.9 million inhabitants, 967,877 of them in its three districts (2010 census). Located in the northeast of Hebei Province , it borders on neighboring Liaoning Province . In 1900 foreign troops came ashore here because of the Boxer Rebellion . During the Olympic Games in 2008 , a total of twelve preliminary round football games were played here.
Administrative structure
Qinhuangdao is made up of three municipalities, three counties and one autonomous county:
- Haigang district (海港 区), 121 km², approx. 510,000 inhabitants (2003);
- Shanhaiguan District (山海关 区), 192 km², approx. 140,000 inhabitants (2003);
- Beidaihe district (北戴河 区), 70 km², approx. 60,000 inhabitants (2003);
- Changli district (昌黎 县), 1,184 km², approx. 550,000 inhabitants (2003), capital: Changli municipality (昌黎 镇);
- Funing district (抚宁县), 1,646 km², approx. 510,000 inhabitants (2003), capital: Funing municipality (抚宁 镇);
- Lulong district (卢龙 县), 945 km², approx. 420,000 inhabitants (2003), main town: Lulong municipality (卢龙 镇);
- Qinglong Autonomous District of the Manchu (青龙 满族 自治县), 3,309 km², approx. 510,000 inhabitants (2003), capital: Qinglong Municipality (青龙 镇).
Ethnic breakdown of the population of Qinhuangdao (2000)
In the 2000 census, Qinhuangdao had a population of 2,753,962.
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
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| Han | 2,312,961 | 83.99% |
| Manju | 421.192 | 15.29% |
| Hui | 9,298 | 0.34% |
| Korean | 3,589 | 0.13% |
| Mongols | 2,847 | 0.1% |
| Zhuang | 1,492 | 0.05% |
| Lisu | 643 | 0.02% |
| Miao | 494 | 0.02% |
| Others | 1,446 | 0.05% |
Town twinning
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Gangdong-gu , South Korea -
Pesaro , Italy -
Seosan , South Korea
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Toledo , United States -
Toyama , Japan -
Miyazu , Japan
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Lugo , Spain -
Tomakomai , Japan
Attractions
- Shanhaiguan (pass)
- Laolongtou (ancient dragon head)
- Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center
Web links
Commons : Qinhuangdao - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
