Jiao County
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Jiaozhou 胶州市 |
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 Location of Jiaozhou within Qingdao |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Qingdao |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Jiaozhou (simplified Chinese: 胶州; traditional Chinese: 膠州; pinyin: Jiāozhōu), formerly Jiaoxian or Jiao County, is a county-level city of Qingdao sub-provincial city, Shandong Province, China. It gained its current county-level city designation in 1987. It has an area of 1,313 km2 and a population at the 2000 Census of 783,478.
Under the Zhou, the area around Jiaozhou was the home of the Jie (Chinese: ) tribe of the Dongyi. Under the Qing, it was administered as part of Laizhou.
Coordinates: 36°14′53″N 119°57′45″E / 36.24806°N 119.96250°E
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