Yantai

37°27′53″N 121°26′52″E / 37.4646°N 121.4478°E / 37.4646; 121.4478

Yantai
烟台市
Yentai
From top, left to right: Yantai Skyline; Port in Longkou; Yantai Mountain; Three Harmony Taoism Pagoda, Taishan; Tianhou Temple; Moon Bay
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Location of Yantai City Jurisdiction in Shandong
Location of Yantai City Jurisdiction in Shandong
Yantai is located in China
Yantai
Yantai
Location in China
Coordinates (Yantai Museum): 37°32′14″N 121°23′36″E / 37.5371°N 121.3932°E / 37.5371; 121.3932
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShandong
County-level divisions12
Townships-level divisions148
Settled as a barrack1398
Open as a trade port (CHEFOO)22 August 1861
Settled as a city19 January 1938
Settled as a prefecture level city30 August 1983
Municipal seatLaishan District
Government
 • CPC SecretaryJiang Cheng (江成)
 • MayorZheng Deyan (郑德雁)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city13,739.9 km2 (5,305.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)
 • Prefecture-level city7,102,100
 • Density520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
4,233,100
 • Metro
2,264,554
GDP[1]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 1.0162 trillion
US$ 147.176 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 143,971
US$ 20,254.54
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
264000-265800
Area code535
ISO 3166 codeCN-SD-06
License Plate鲁F & 鲁Y
Websitewww.yantai.gov.cn
Yantai
"Yantai" in Chinese
Simplified Chinese烟台
Traditional Chinese煙臺
煙台
Hanyu PinyinYāntái
Literal meaning"Smoke Tower"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYāntái
Wade–GilesYan1-t'ai2
IPA[jɛ́ntʰǎɪ]
Former names
A Qing-era postage stamp from Zhifu ("Chefoo")
Zhifu
Chinese芝罘
Hanyu PinyinZhīfú
PostalChefoo
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhīfú

Yantai, formerly known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of the People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao on the southwest and Weihai on the east, with sea access to both the Bohai Sea (via the Laizhou Bay and the Bohai Strait) and the Yellow Sea (from both north and south sides of the Shandong Peninsula). It is the largest fishing seaport in Shandong. Its population was 7,102,116 during the 2020 census, of whom 3,184,299 lived in the built-up area made up of the 5 urban districts of Zhifu, Laishan, Fushan, Muping, and Penglai.

  1. ^ "Shandong Statistical Yearbook-2016". www.stats-sd.gov.cn.