Yantai

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

Yantai 烟台市 Yentai
Prefecture-level city
From top, left to right: Yantai Skyline; Port in Longkou; Yantai Mountain; Three Harmony Taoism Pagoda, Taishan; Tianhou Temple; Moon Bay
Location of Yantai City Jurisdiction in Shandong
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
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
County-level divisions	12
Townships-level divisions	148
Settled as a barrack	1398
Open as a trade port (CHEFOO)	22 August 1861
Settled as a city	19 January 1938
Settled as a prefecture level city	30 August 1983
Municipal seat	Laishan District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Jiang Cheng (江成)
• Mayor	Zheng Deyan (郑德雁)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	13,739.9 km2 (5,305.0 sq mi)
Population  (2023 census)
• Prefecture-level city	7,102,100
• Density	520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
• Urban	4,233,100
• Metro	2,264,554
GDP[1]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 1.0162 trillion US$ 147.176 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 143,971 US$ 20,254.54
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	264000-265800
Area code	535
ISO 3166 code	CN-SD-06
License Plate	鲁F & 鲁Y
Website	www.yantai.gov.cn

Yantai
"Yantai" in Chinese
Simplified Chinese	烟台
Traditional Chinese	煙臺 煙台
Hanyu Pinyin	Yāntái
Literal meaning	"Smoke Tower"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yāntái Wade–Giles Yan1-t'ai2 IPA [jɛ́ntʰǎɪ]

Former names
A Qing-era postage stamp from Zhifu ("Chefoo")
Zhifu
Chinese	芝罘
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhīfú
Postal	Chefoo
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhīfú

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.