Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
City Seat	Laishan District (37°24′N, 121°16′E)
Area	13,739.9 km²
Coastline	702.5 km
Population	6,468,200 (2003)
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥287.9 billion (2007) ¥44,242 (2007)
Major Nationalities	Han: 99.80% Korean: 0.049% Manchu: 0.048% Va: 0.020% Mongol: 0.016%
County-level divisions	12
Township-level divisions	148
CPC Committee Secretary	Sun Yongchun 孙永春
Mayor	Zhang Jiangting 张江汀
Area code	535
Postal Code	264000-265800
License Plate Prefix	鲁F

Yantai (simplified Chinese: 烟台; traditional Chinese: 煙臺; pinyin: Yāntái) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Located on the southern coast of the Bohai Sea and the eastern coast of the Bohai Bay, Yantai borders the cities of Qingdao and Weihai to the southwest and east respectively. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (801x573, 96 KB) Yantai is highlighted in red on this map of Shandong. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... The seat of government is the location of the government for a political entity. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A coastal image featured on a United States postal stamp. ... “km” redirects here. ... GDP is an acronym which can stand for more than one thing: (in economics) an abbreviation for Gross Domestic Product. ... CNY and RMB redirect here. ... Ethnolinguistic map of China The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is a multi-ethnic unitary state and, as such, officially recognizes 56 nationalities or mínzú (民族), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ... Language(s) Chinese languages Religion(s) Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism. ... The Manchu people (Manchu: Manju; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: , Mongolian: Манж) are a Tungusic people who originated in Manchuria (todays Northeastern China). ... The Va nationality (also spelled Wa; Chinese: 佤族 WÇŽzú; own names: Va, Ava, Parauk, i. ... Honorary guard of Mongolia. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China and also the worlds largest political party. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in mainland China. ... The Postal code for the Peoples Republic of China is under a numeric 6-digit system for the whole country. ... Blue PRC licence plates of the 1992 standard (August 2004 image). ... Simplified Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: or ; traditional Chinese: or ; pinyin: or ) is one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ...   (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern Peoples Republic of China. ... A province, in the context of China, is a translation of sheng (省 shÄ›ng), which is an administrative division of China. ... A map showing the location of the Bohai Sea. ... Bohai Bay (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is one of the three bays forming the Bohai Gulf, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea, in northeastern China. ... Tsingtao redirects here. ... Weihai (威海; pinyin: wēihǎi, also Weihaiwei) is a seaport city on the Bohai Gulf in north-east Shandong province, China. ...

The largest fishing seaport in Shandong and a robust economic center today, Yantai used to be known to the West as Chefoo, a misnomer which refers, in Chinese, solely to Zhifu Island, which is historically governed by Yantai. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Port. ... Occident redirects here. ... // 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. ...

The contemporary name of Yantai came from the watchtowers constructed on Mount Qi in 1398, during the reign of the Hongwu Emperor, founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty (yan—smoke; tai—tower). The towers served to raise alarms against invasions of Japanese pirates. Events Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed. ... izzy lewis loves the weewee in her pooter. ... For other uses, see Ming. ... Sixteenth century Japanese pirate raids. ...

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Yantai administers 12 county-level divisions, including 4 districts, 7 county-level cities, 1 county and one development zone. A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ... A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin: xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. ... In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xiàn). ...

• Zhifu District (芝罘区)
• Fushan District (福山区)
• Muping District (牟平区)
• Laishan District (莱山区)
• Longkou City (龙口市)
• Laiyang City (莱阳市)
• Laizhou City (莱州市)
• Penglai City (蓬莱市)
• Zhaoyuan City (招远市)
• Qixia City (栖霞市)
• Haiyang City (海阳市)
• Changdao County (长岛县)
• Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone (烟台经济技术开发区)

These are further divided into 148 township-level divisions, including 94 towns, 6 townships and 48 subdistricts. // Zhifu Island (芝罘島 Pinyin: ZhÄ«fù dÇŽo, Wade-Giles: Chih-fu tao), or North Island (北島 BÄ›i dÇŽo, Pei tao), is an islet with historical significance in Shandong, China. ... Muping District is a district of the Yantai city, Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Longkou (龙口市) is a port city in northeastern Shandong Province, on the eastern coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Laiyang City is a subsection of Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, about the middle of the eastern peninsula. ... Laizhou is a city in Shandong province in China. ... Penglai City (Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is a port, a town and an administrative subdivision of Yantai City, Shandong Province, China. ... Haiyang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is a county-level city in Yantai prefecture-level city, Shandong province, in eastern China. ... Changdao Islands or Temple Islands are a chain of islands in the Bohai Sea, north of Penglai, Shandong Province, China. ... Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone (YEDA) (烟台经济技术开发区) , is an economic development zone established in 1984 in Shandong Province, China. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... When referring to Political Divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 镇 (zhèn). ... When referring to Political Divisions of China, township is the standard English translation of the Chinese 乡 (xiāng). ... The Subdistrict is one of the smallest Political_divisions_of_China. ...

History

The region was inhabited by the non-Han people of the Eastern Yi (東夷), who were believed to have established a small state during the Xia Dynasty on the site of present-day Laizhou City. It became a feudal state called Lai (萊國) until the Warring States Period, when it was annexed by the State of Qi. During the Qin Dynasty, Yantai belonged to the Qi Prefecture, later renamed Donglai Prefecture (東萊郡) during the Han Dynasty. The area was known as the Donglai Kingdom during the Jin Dynasty (265-420) but later returned to prefecture status (first jùn, then zhōu). In the Tang Dynasty and following it was known as the Teng-chou prefecture, part of Henan Circuit. Next, the city became the Laizhou Subprefecture (萊州府) and, eventually, the Dengzhou Subprefecture (登州府) in the time of the Qing Dynasty. Language(s) Chinese languages Religion(s) Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism. ... For the Sixteen Kingdoms Period state, see Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms). ... Warring States redirects here. ... State of Qi (small seal script, 220 BC) See Qi (disambiguation) for other meanings of Qi. Qi (齊; pinyin: qi2) was a relatively powerful state during the Spring and Autumn Period and Period of the Warring States. ... Qin Dynasty in 210 BC Capital Xianyang Language(s) Chinese Government Monarchy History  - Unification of China 221 BC  - Death of Qin Shi Huangdi 210 BC  - Surrender to Liu Bang 206 BC The Qin Dynasty (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chin Chao) (221 BC - 206 BC) was preceded by the... Han Dynasty in 87 BC Capital Changan (206 BC–9 AD) Luoyang (25 AD–220 AD) Language(s) Chinese Religion Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion Government Monarchy History  - Establishment 206 BC  - Battle of Gaixia; Han rule of China begins 202 BC  - Interruption of Han rule 9 - 24  - Abdication... The Jin Dynasty (晉 pinyin: jìn, 265-420), one of the Six Dynasties, followed the Three Kingdoms and preceded the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China. ... For the band, see Tang Dynasty (band). ... Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (Traditional Chinese: 五代十國 Simplified Chinese: 五代十国 Hanyu pinyin: WÇ”dàishíguó) (907-960) was a period of political upheaval in China, between the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty. ... Flag (1890-1912) Anthem Gong Jinou (1911) Qing China at its greatest extent. ...

A Qing Dynasty postage stamp from Yantai, then known as Chefoo

In July 1858 the Chinese empire signed the Treaty of Tianjin and Dengzhou was renamed for the last time. Yantai opened its harbor for business in May 1861, but was not officially designated an international trading port until later that year on August 22. This decree was accompanied by the construction of the Donghai Pass (東海關). 17 nations, including Britain, established embassies in Yantai. The Chefoo Convention was signed there in 1876. Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Treaties of Tientsin (天津條約) were signed in Tianjin in June 1858, ending the first part of the Second Opium War (1856-1860). ... Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Chefoo Convention (烟台条约) was a treaty between the Qing and British Empires, which was signed by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hongzhang in Chefoo on 21 August 1876. ... Year 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) // January 31 - United States orders all Indigenous peoples in the United States to move onto reservations February 2 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. ...

Yantai literally means "smoky tower". In the Ming Dynasty, locals used wolf dung to light fires (Langyan) to warn the whole village of approaching Japanese Pirates (Wokou). The city was nothing but a small fishing village until the late 19th century when it became a treaty port for the British, handed over by the falling Qing Dynasty, which had been defeated in the Opium War. Then with the Germans' power over the whole Shandong peninsula in early 20th century, Yantai was also controlled by Germans for about 20 years. After the Americans won World War I, they turned Yantai into a summer station for their entire Asian fleet. Then the Japanese set up a trading establishment in the town. You may be able to get an idea of the different influences at the western style Yantai Museum, which used to be a guild hall. However, the colourful history has not left a distinctive architectural mark, there has never been a foreign concession, and though you will see an occasional nineteenth-century grand European building, most of the town is of much more recent origin. After liberation, the town's name was changed from the original, Chefoo, to Yantai and was opened to the world as an ice-free trade port in 1984.

On November 12, 1911, the eastern division of Tongmeng Hui declared itself a part of the revolutionary movement. The next day, it established the Shandong Military Government (山東軍政府) and, the day after that, renamed itself the Yantai Division of the Shandong Military Government (山東煙台軍政分府). In 1914, Jiaodong Circuit (膠東道) was established with Yantai as the capital. Jiaodong Circuit was renamed Donghai Circuit (東海道) in 1925. On January 19, 1938, Yantai participated as part of an anti-Japanese revolutionary committee. is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Tongmenghui (同盟會 Pinyin: Tóng Méng Huì, literal meaning: United Allegiance Society), also known as the United League or the Revolutionary Alliance, was organized by Sun Yat-sen and Sung Chiao-jen in Tokyo, Japan on August 20, 1905. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Circuits in the common law In law, a circuit is an appellate judicial district commonly seen in the court systems of many nations. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After the creation of the People's Republic of China, in 1950, Yantai was officially awarded city status with the outer lying towns of Laiyang and Wendeng (文登) tacked on as "Special Regions" (专区). Wendeng was merged into Laiyang six years later, and this larger Laiyang Special Region was combined with Yantai City to become simply Yantai Region (烟台地区). Yantai is of strategic importance to Chinese defence as it and the city of Dalian are primary coastal guard points for Beijing. In November 1983, the region became a prefecture-level city. Since then, Yantai has worked its way into becoming a modernized economic center in Shandong Province. Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dalian (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Japanese: Dairen; Russian: Далянь, Dalian or Дальний, Dalny) is the governing sub-provincial city in the eastern Liaoning Province of Northeast China. ... Peking redirects here. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ...

Geography

Yantai Region is located north-central on the Shandong Peninsula, south of the Bohai Sea, and parallel to the southern tip of Korea. It has a coast line of 909 km. The topographical breakdown consists of: Location of the Shandong Peninsula. ... A map showing the location of the Bohai Sea. ... This article is about the Korean civilization. ...

• 36.62% mountain
• 39.7% hill
• 20.78% plains
• 2.90% basins

Average mountain height is 500 meters, with the highest point at 922.8 meters on Mount Kunyu (昆崳山). Hills range from 100 to 300 meters.

There are 121 rivers over 5 kilometer in length, the largest being:

• Wulong River (五龍河)
• Dagu River (大沽河)
• Dagujia River (大沽夾河)
• Wang River (王河)
• Jie River (界河)
• Huangshui River (黃水河)
• Xin'an River (辛安河)

2643.60 km² is urbanized.

Only Qixia County is located entirely inland, all other county-level entities are coastal, with Changdao consisting entirely of islands. Changdao Islands or Temple Islands are a chain of islands in the Bohai Sea, north of Penglai, Shandong Province, China. ...

The annual mean temperature in Yantai is 12 ^oC. The annual rainfall is 20 mm.

Economy

Yantai is currently the second largest industrial city in Shandong, next only to Qingdao. However, the region's largest industry is agriculture. It is famous throughout China for a particular variety of apple and is home to the country's largest and oldest grape winery (Changyu).

Two sub-county special economic zones also exist, the Yantai Economy and Technology Development Area (YEDA), created in 1984 in northern Fushan District, and the Yantai Export Processing Area, formed in 2000 in north Zhifu District. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

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Education

The following are a list of prominent Yantai higher education institutions.

• Yantai University
• Yantai Normal College
• Shandong Institute of Business and Technology
• Shandong Industrial and Commercial Institute
• Laiyang Agricultural College
• Yantai Education Institution and Yantai TV University
• Dong Hai University
• Nanshan Bilingual School

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Tourism

Because of its fair weather and extensive coasts Yantai is a popular summer retreat. It is also home to Asia's first bowling alley, which is no longer in operation. But there is the haunted house on the fourth floor of Parksons, a highly exhilarating tourist attraction.

Penglai City's Dan Cliffs (丹崖) is said to be the departure point of the Eight Immortals on their trip to the Conference of the Magical Peach. For other uses, see Eight Immortals (disambiguation). ...

A view of the Yantai shore front

Yantai Ship Mast, Yantai, China

Temple of the Sea Goddess, Yantai, China

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1546 KB) Summary A view of the Yantai shore front. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1546 KB) Summary A view of the Yantai shore front. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1435 KB) Summary View of Ship mast from top of hill in foreign concession, Author: S.T. Fullerton I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1435 KB) Summary View of Ship mast from top of hill in foreign concession, Author: S.T. Fullerton I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1361 KB) Summary Yantai Temple of the Sea Goddess downtown Yantai, Shandong Province, China. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1361 KB) Summary Yantai Temple of the Sea Goddess downtown Yantai, Shandong Province, China. ...

Sister cities

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• Angers, France
• Angus, Scotland
• Beppu, Japan
• Gunsan, South Korea
• Miyako, Japan
• Örebro, Sweden
• Phuket, Thailand
• San Diego, U.S.
• Tauranga, New Zealand
• Ulsan, South Korea
• Vladivostok, Russia
• Wonju, South Korea

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See also

• Chefoo School

The Chefoo School of the China Inland Mission in Yantai, Shandong China 1880-1951 The Chefoo School a. ...

Notable people

• Chou Wen-chung (b. 1923), composer
• Qiu Chuji (1148 - 1227), leading Quanzhen Taoist priest and founder of Dragon Gate Taoism
• Qi Jiguang (1528 – 1588), Ming Dynasty military general most remembered for defending coastal China against Japanese pirates

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External links

• Government website of Yantai (available in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean)
• Subdivision map (in Simplified Chinese)
• Yantai Boys (in Simplified Chinese)

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