Qinhuangdao

Qinhuangdao
Qinhuangdao
	"Qinhuangdao", as written in Simplified Chinese (top) and Traditional Chinese (bottom)
Simplified Chinese	秦皇岛
Traditional Chinese	秦皇島
Literal meaning	Qin Shi Huang Island
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qínhuángdǎo
Wade–Giles	Ch'in-huang-tao

Qinhuangdao

秦皇岛市
Qinhuangdao 秦皇岛市
Prefecture-level city
	Clockwise from the top: Aerial view of the city, Shanhai Pass, Longtan Falls, Yan Mountains, Old Dragon Head, Habitat Apartments
	Seal
	Nickname(s): Back Garden of Beijing and Tianjin (京津后花园)
	Location of Qinhuangdao City jurisdiction in Hebei
	Qinhuangdao Location of the city centre in Hebei Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao (Northern China) Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao (China)
	Coordinates (People's Square): 39°56′26″N 119°35′42″E / 39.9406°N 119.5951°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Settled	1737
Established	March 3, 1983
Municipal seat	Haigang District
Government
• Party Secretary	Meng Xiangwei
• Mayor	Zhang Ruishu
Area
• Prefecture-level city	7,791.57 km2 (3,008.34 sq mi)
• Urban	2,122.9 km2 (819.7 sq mi)
• Metro	2,122.9 km2 (819.7 sq mi)
Population (2020 census)
• Prefecture-level city	3,136,879
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Urban	1,881,047
• Urban density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
• Metro	1,881,047
• Metro density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 184 billion; US$ 22.2 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 48,230; US$7,143
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	066000
Area code	(0)335
ISO 3166 code	CN-HE-03
Licence Plate Prefix	冀C
Website	www.qhd.gov.cn

39°53′18″N 119°31′13″E / 39.8882°N 119.5202°E / 39.8882; 119.5202

Qinhuangdao (/ˈtʃɪnˈhwɑːŋˈdaʊ/;^[4] Chinese: 秦皇岛) is a port city on the coast of China in northern Hebei. It is administratively a prefecture-level city, about 300 km (190 mi) east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. Its population during the 2020 national census was 3,136,879, with 1,881,047 people living in the built-up (or 'metro') area made up of four urban districts.

^ "China: Hébĕi (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
^ 河北省统计局、国家统计局河北调查总队. 《河北经济年鉴－2018》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5356-7824-9. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
^ "Qinhuangdao". Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

[1] "China: Hébĕi (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".

[2] 河北省统计局、国家统计局河北调查总队. 《河北经济年鉴－2018》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5356-7824-9. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019.

[CUCSY_2017-3] Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2020.

[4] "Qinhuangdao". Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

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