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Jiaozhou
胶州市 | |
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 Location of Jiaozhou within Qingdao | |
  Jiaozhou Location of the city center in Shandong | |
| Coordinates: 36°15′53″N 120°02′00″E / 36.2647°N 120.0334°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Sub-provincial municipality | Qingdao |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,324 km2 (511 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 907,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 266300 |
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 municipality, Shandong Province, China. It gained its current county-level city designation in 1987. It has an area of 1,313 km2 (507 sq mi) and a population of 783,478 at the 2000 census.