Huludao

Huludao
葫芦岛市
Hulutao
The new district of Huludao
The new district of Huludao
Location of Huludao City jurisdiction in Liaoning
Location of Huludao City jurisdiction in Liaoning
Huludao is located in Liaoning
Huludao
Huludao
Location of the city centre in Liaoning
Coordinates (Huludao municipal government): 40°42′40″N 120°50′13″E / 40.711°N 120.837°E / 40.711; 120.837
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceLiaoning
Municipal seatLonggang District
Districts and Counties
List
  • Longgang District
  • Lianshan District
  • Nanpiao District
  • Xingcheng City
  • Suizhong County
  • Jianchang County
Government
 • CPC Party SecretaryChen Xiaokun
 • MayorLiu Tengfei
Area
 • Prefecture-level city10,582 km2 (4,086 sq mi)
 • Urban
2,365.7 km2 (913.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
 • Prefecture-level city2,434,194
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
 • Urban
944,495
 • Urban density400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,252,660
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 72 billion
US$ 11.6 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 28,071
US$ 4,507
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
125000
Area code429
ISO 3166 codeCN-LN-14
Licence plates辽P
Administrative division code211400
Websitewww.hld.gov.cn

Huludao (simplified Chinese: 葫芦岛; traditional Chinese: 葫蘆島; pinyin: Húludǎo), formerly known as Jinxi (锦西) until 1994, is a coastal prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its name literally means "Gourd Island", referring to the fiddle-shaped contour of the peninsula ("half-island" in Chinese), which resembles a bottle gourd, at the city's Longgang District. It has a total area of 10,582 km2 (4,086 sq mi) and as of the 2020 census a population of 2,434,194 of whom 1,252,660 inhabitants lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts and Xingcheng City largely being conurbated.[2]

Located on the northwestern shore of the Liaodong Bay, Huludao is one of the three principal cities (along with Jinzhou and Hebei province's Qinhuangdao) in the Liaoxi Corridor, and is Northeast China's gateway through the Shanhai Pass into North China. It borders Jinzhou to the northeast, Chaoyang to the north, and Qinhuangdao to the southwest, as well as sharing maritime boundaries with Yingkou and Dalian to the east and southeast across the bay.

  1. ^ "Introduction to Huludao". Huludao Government. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  2. ^ a b "China: Liáoníng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ 辽宁省统计局、国家统计局辽宁调查总队 (October 2016). 《辽宁统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7900-8. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-05.