Zhaoyuan
招远市 Chaoyuan | |
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Coordinates: 37°21′32.40″N 120°23′45.60″E / 37.3590000°N 120.3960000°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shandong |
Prefecture-level city | Yantai |
Area | |
• Total | 1,432.32 km2 (553.02 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 560,234 |
• Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 265400 |
Website | www |
Zhaoyuan | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 招遠 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 招远 | ||||||||
Postal | Chaoyuan | ||||||||
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Zhaoyuan (simplified Chinese: 招远市; traditional Chinese: 招遠市; pinyin: Zhāoyuǎn Shì) is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Yantai, Shandong Province, China, located on the Bohai Sea.[1] Zhaoyuan is well known for its abundant gold deposit and production, and is occasionally nicknamed "China's gold capital" (simplified Chinese: 中国金都; traditional Chinese: 中國金都).[2][3]
The city spans an area of 1,432.32 square kilometres (553.02 sq mi),[4] and has a population of 560,234 as of 2019.[5]