Rizhao

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Location Rizhaos in Shandong
Port in Rizhao

Rizhao ( Chinese  日照 市 , Pinyin Rìzhào Shì ) is a district-free city in the east Chinese province of Shandong with approx. 2.90 million inhabitants (end of 2016) on an area of ​​5,310 km². 902,272 people live in the actual urban settlement area of ​​Rizhao (2010 census). It is located on the southern half of the Shandong Peninsula, southwest of the port city of Qingdao .

Standard Chinese is spoken in Rizhao .

Administrative structure

At the county level, Rizhao is made up of two city ​​districts and two counties. These are:

  • Donggang district (东港区), 1,507 km², 840,000 inhabitants, center, seat of the city government;
  • Lanshan District (岚山 区), 408 km², 270,000 inhabitants;
  • Wulian district (五莲 县), 1,443 km², 510,000 inhabitants, main town: Hongning municipality (洪 凝 镇);
  • Ju district (莒县), 1,952 km², 1.1 million inhabitants, capital: Chengyang municipality (城 阳镇).

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Coordinates: 35 ° 25 '  N , 119 ° 26'  E