Jiaozhou City

Jiaozhou
胶州市
Location of Jiaozhou within Qingdao
Location of Jiaozhou within Qingdao
Jiaozhou is located in Shandong
Jiaozhou
Jiaozhou
Location of the city center in Shandong
Coordinates: 36°15′53″N 120°02′00″E / 36.2647°N 120.0334°E / 36.2647; 120.0334
CountryChina
ProvinceShandong
Sub-provincial municipalityQingdao
Area
 • Total1,324 km2 (511 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total907,500
Time zoneUTC+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.