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Qinhuangdao

Qinhuangdao
秦皇岛市
Prefecture-level city
City of Qinhuangdao
City of Qinhuangdao
Nickname(s): Backyard garden of Beijing and Tianjin (京津后花园)
Location of Qinhuangdao City jurisdiction in Hebei
Location of Qinhuangdao City jurisdiction in Hebei
Qinhuangdao is located in Hebei
Qinhuangdao
Qinhuangdao
Location of the city centre in Hebei
Coordinates: 39°56′N 119°36′E / 39.933°N 119.600°E / 39.933; 119.600Coordinates: 39°56′N 119°36′E / 39.933°N 119.600°E / 39.933; 119.600
Country China
Province Hebei
Government
 • Party Secretary Meng Xiangwei
 • Mayor Zhu Haowen
Area
 • Prefecture-level city 7,791.57 km2 (3,008.34 sq mi)
 • Urban 506.7 km2 (195.6 sq mi)
 • Metro 506.7 km2 (195.6 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)
 • Prefecture-level city 2,897,605
 • Density 370/km2 (960/sq mi)
 • Urban 1,029,670
 • Urban density 2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
 • Metro 1,029,670
 • Metro density 2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 066000
Area code(s) (0)335
Licence Plate Prefix C
Website http://www.qhd.gov.cn/
Qinhuangdao
QHD name.svg
"Qinhuangdao", as written in Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Postal Chinwangtao
Literal meaning Qin Shi Huang Island

Qinhuangdao (/ˈinˈhwɑːŋˈd/) (秦皇岛) is a port city on the coast of China located in northeastern Hebei province. It is administratively a prefecture-level city, located about 300 km (190 mi) east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. Its population during the 2010 national census was 2,987,605, with approximately one million people living in the built-up (or metro) area made up of 3 urban districts.

In the 19th century, Qinhuangdao included the separate towns of Qinhuangdao and Tanghe. Both were stations along the Peking–Mukden Railway. The design and construction of the new harbour and port of Ching Wang Tao in the Gulf of Pechili was undertaken by the partnership of Sir John Wolfe-Barry and Lt Col Arthur John Barry at the turn of the 20th century.

Qinhuangdao sits on the northwest coast of the Bohai Sea and borders Tangshan to the southwest, Chengde to the northwest, and Liaoning to the northeast. Its administrative area ranges in latitude 39° 24' to 40° 37' N and in longitude from 118° 33' to 119° 51' E, and has a total area of 7,812.4 km2 (3,016.4 sq mi).

Since the elevation of Tianjin to a provincial-level municipality, Qinhuangdao is the chief port of Hebei. The Qin emperor Qin Shi Huang is said to have sought immortality on an island in the Haigang district but did not find it.


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