Yantai

Yantai 烟台市
Prefecture-level city
Yantai Skyline
Location of Yantai City Jurisdiction in Shandong
Yantai Location in China
Coordinates: 37°32′6″N 121°23′21″E / 37.53500°N 121.38917°E / 37.53500; 121.38917Coordinates: 37°32′6″N 121°23′21″E / 37.53500°N 121.38917°E / 37.53500; 121.38917
Country	China
Province	Shandong
County-level divisions	12
Townships-level divisions	148
Municipal seat	Laishan District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Zhang Jiangting 张江汀
• Mayor	Meng Fanli 孟凡利
Area
• Prefecture-level city	13,739.9 km2 (5,305.0 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Prefecture-level city	6,968,202
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
• Urban	2,227,733
• Metro	2,227,733
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	264000-265800
Area code(s)	535
GDP	¥435.8 billion (2010)
GDP per capita	¥62,541 (2010)
License Plate	鲁F & 鲁Y
Website	www.yantai.gov.cn

Yantai
"Yantai" in Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Literal meaning	"Smoke Tower"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yāntái Wade–Giles Yan1-t‘ai2 IPA [jɛ́ntʰǎi]

Former names
A Qing-era postage stamp from Zhifu ("Chefoo")
Zhifu
Chinese
Postal	Chefoo
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhīfú

Yantai, formerly known as Zhifu or Chefoo, is a prefecture-level city on the Bohai Strait in northeastern Shandong Province, China. Lying on the southern coast of the Korea Bay, Yantai borders Qingdao on the southwest and Weihai on the east. It is the largest fishing seaport in Shandong. Its population was 6,968,202 during the 2010 census, of whom 2,227,733 lived in the built-up area made up of the 4 urban districts of Zhifu, Muping, Fushan, and Laishan.

The name Yantai (lit. "Smoke Tower") derives from the watchtowers constructed on Mount Qi in 1398 under the reign of the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty. The towers were used to light signal fires and send smoke signals, called langyan from their supposed use of wolf dung for fuel. At the time, the area was troubled by the "Dwarf Pirates" (Wokou), initially raiders from the warring states in Japan but later principally disaffected Chinese. It was also formerly romanized as Yen-tai.