Rizhao

Rizhao 日照市 Jihchao
Prefecture-level city
Rizhao Seaport
Location of Rizhao City jurisdiction in Shandong
Coordinates (Rizhao municipal government): 35°25′01″N 119°31′37″E / 35.417°N 119.527°E / 35.417; 119.527
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
County-level divisions	4
Municipal seat	Donggang District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Yang Jun (杨军)
• Mayor	Li Tongdao (李同道)
Area [1]
• Prefecture-level city	5,359 km2 (2,069 sq mi)
• Urban	1,915 km2 (739 sq mi)
• Metro	1,507 km2 (582 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[2]
• Prefecture-level city	2,968,365
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
• Urban	1,551,513
• Urban density	810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
• Metro	1,172,205
• Metro density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
GDP[3]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 220 billion US$ 33 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 75,329 US$ 11,383
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	0633
ISO 3166 code	CN-SD-11
License Plate Prefix	鲁L

Rizhao (Chinese: 日照; pinyin: Rìzhào), alternatively romanized as Jihchao, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shandong province, China. It is situated on the coastline along the Yellow Sea, and features a major seaport, the Port of Rizhao. It borders Qingdao to the northeast, Weifang to the north, Linyi to the west and southwest, and faces Korea and Japan across the Yellow Sea to the east.

The name of the city literally means "sunshine".^[4] The city is known for its sustainability, and it mandates solar-water heaters in all new buildings. Rizhao city was recognized by the United Nations as one of the most habitable cities in the world in 2009.^[5][6]

The city population stands at 2,968,365 people as of the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 1,172,205 live in the urban area of Donggang District.Compared with the 2801013 people in 2010 Chinese census, there has been a total increase of 167352 people in the past decade, an increase of 5.97%, with an average annual growth rate of 0.58%.^[7]