A map showing the location of the Bohai Sea.

Bohai (Chinese: 渤海; Hanyu Pinyin: Bó Hăi; Wade-Giles: Po Hai literally "Bo Sea"), also known as Bohai Sea or Bohai Bay, is the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea on the coast of northeastern China. It is approximately 823,000 km², its proximity to Beijing, the capital of China, make it one of the busiest seaways in the world. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x913, 318 KB) This maps shows the location of the Bohai Sea (also commonly written as Bo Hai), a gulf of the Yellow Sea. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x913, 318 KB) This maps shows the location of the Bohai Sea (also commonly written as Bo Hai), a gulf of the Yellow Sea. ... Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... The bay at San Sebastián, Spain A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. ... ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... (help· info), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

In recent decades, petroleum and natural gas deposits have been discovered in Bohai. Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and elaion – oil or Latin oleum – oil ), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold or Texas Tea, is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ... Natural gas, commonly referred to as gas, is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane. ...

Geography

The gulf is formed by the Liaodong Peninsula to the northeast and the Shandong Peninsula to the south. Bo Hai consists of three bays: Laizhou Bay to the south, Liaodong Bay to the north, and Bohai Bay to the west. The rivers Huang He, Liao He, and Hai He empty into Bo Hai. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Shandong Peninsula (sim. ... Laizhou Bay (Laizhou Wan) is the southern arm of the Bohai Sea (also Known as the Bohai Bay, or just Bo Hai), which is a large relatively shallow extension of the Korea Bay (Northern Yellow Sea) behind the Liaodong Peninsula to the north, and the Shandong Peninsula to the south. ... Liaodong Bay is one of the three bays forming the Bohai Gulf, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea, in northeastern China. ... Bohai Bay is one of the three bays forming the Bohai Gulf, the innermost gulf of the China. ... For other Yellow Rivers, see Yellow River (disambiguation). ... The Liao He (Liao River) is the principal river in southern Manchuria. ... Categories: China geography stubs | Chinese rivers ...

Bo Hai borders the Chinese provinces of Shandong, Liaoning, and Hebei, and Tianjin municipality. Port cities on Bo Hai coast include: Shandong (Simplified Chinese: 山东; Traditional Chinese: 山東; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern Peoples Republic of China. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: ) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Tianjin (Chinese: 天津; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Postal System Pinyin: Tientsin) is one of the four municipalities of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

• Hebei: Qinhuangdao
• Liaoning: Dalian, Huludao, Jinzhou, Yingkou
• Shandong: Longkou, Weihai, Yantai
• Tianjin: Tanggu

Islands include: Categories: China geography stubs | Cities in China ... Dalian (Simplified Chinese: 大连; Traditional Chinese: 大連; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ta-lien), or Dalny (during Russian controlled periods, aka Dairen during Japanese periods, or from Mid-century (Jointly administered by both USSR/PRC) formerly also Lüda or Luta), is the second of two strategic ice-free seaports on the Liaodong... Huludao (Simplified Chinese: 葫芦岛; Traditional Chinese: 葫蘆島; pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning Province, China. ... For the city in Hebei provonce, see Jinzhou, Hebei. ... Yingkou (营口; pinyin: Yíngkǒu shì) is a prefecture-level city of Liaoning province, in northeastern China. ... Longkou (龙口市) is a port city in northeastern Shandong Province, on the eastern coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Weihai (威海; pinyin: wēihǎi, also Weihaiwei) is a seaport city on the Bohai Gulf in north-east Shandong province, China. ... Yantai (Simplified Chinese: 烟台; Traditional Chinese: 煙台; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Tanggu is a city in the Tianjin municipality in the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea on the coast of northeastern China. ...

• Zhifu Island, part of Yantai City, Shandong Province

// Zhifu Island (芝罘島 Pinyin: Zhīfù dǎo, Wade-Giles: Chih-fu tao), or North Island (北島 Běi dǎo, Pei tao), is an islet with historical significance in Shandong, China. ... Yantai (Simplified Chinese: 烟台; Traditional Chinese: 煙台; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China. ...

History

In literature until the early 20th century, Bo Hai was sometimes called Gulf of Chihli (直隸 Zhílì) or the Gulf of Pechihli (北直隸 Běizhílì). Zhili and Beizhili were old names for the contemporary Chinese province of Hebei. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... A province, in the context of China, is a translation of sheng (省 shÄ›ng), which is an administrative division of China. ... Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

See also

• Balhae or Bohai, a kingdom in northern Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria from 698 to 926.