Huangdao, Qingdao

Huangdao District / West Coast New Area 黄岛区 / 西海岸新区
District and state-level new area
Huangdao District / West Coast New Area
Huangdao / West Coast New Area in Qingdao
Huangdao District / West Coast New Area Location of the district seat in Qingdao Show map of Qingdao Huangdao District / West Coast New Area Huangdao District / West Coast New Area (Shandong) Show map of Shandong
Coordinates: 35°52′22″N 120°02′46″E / 35.8727°N 120.0462°E / 35.8727; 120.0462
Country	China
Province	Shandong
Sub-provincial city	Qingdao
Township-level divisions	12 subdistricts 10 towns
District seat	Yinzhu Subdistrict (隐珠街道)
Area
• Total	2,220.10 km2 (857.19 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (83 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Total	1,608,200
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code	266400, 266500
Area code	0532
Website	HuangDao.gov.cn

Huangdao District (Chinese: 黄岛区; lit. 'Yellow Island District') and West Coast New Area^[1] (Chinese: 西海岸新区), is a district and a state-level new area of Qingdao, Shandong, China, located south-west and west of the main urban area of the city on the western shore of Jiaozhou Bay. It was identical to Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone (QETDZ, simplified Chinese: 青岛经济技术开发区; traditional Chinese: 青島經濟技術開發區; pinyin: Qīngdǎo Jīngjì Jìshù Kāifā Qū), which was launched in 1985 after the zone was merged with Huangdao District and set up the Free Trade Zone in 1992. In December 2012, Jiaonan, a county-level city in Qingdao was merged into Huangdao District.^[2]

The pillar industries engaged in the zone include electronics, household electric appliances, building materials, petrochemicals, machinery and pharmaceutical drugs.^[3][4] It is connected via Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge.

In mid 2018, the Ministry of Civil Affairs approved the consolidation of Huangdao District Government and West Coast New Area Government into a single governing body, which became the fourth administrative state-level new areas after Pudong of Shanghai; Binhai of Tianjin; and Nansha of Guangzhou. The population was 1.71 million in 2014.