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Yantai Travel Guide

Located in the central region of the Shangdong Peninsular in the Shangdong Province, Yantai is comfortably nestled under mountains and near the sea with Weihai to the east, Weifang to the west, Qingdao to the southwest, the Bo Sea and the Yellow Sea to the north, and is opposite to the Liaodong Peninsular across the sea. It is 214 kilometers wide from west to east and 130 kilometers long from south to north, covers an area of 13,754 square kilometers, and the coastline meanders as long as 702.5 kilometers. Yantai’s river network is manly composed of the Five-Dragon River, Dagu River, Dagujia River, King River, Jie River, Huangshui River, and Xin’an River, all of which are over 5 kilometers long. Additionally, the city property includes a series of islands that stretch for over 206.6 kilometers, among which the main ones are Zhifu Island, Horse-Fed Island, Heishan Island, Kongdong Island, and Changshan Island. All of these resources make Yantai a vital international port and commercial and tourism city in China, earning it a distinctive spot in the Bohai Economic Rim.

In total, the city covers an area of 13,746 square kilometers with an urban area of 2,722 square kilometers. Yantai holds 4 districts, 7 county-level cities, 1 county, an economic and technological development zone, an export processing zone, and a high-tech zone, namely Zhifu, Fushan, Mouping, and Laishan Districts; Longkou, Laiyang, Laizhou, Penglai, Zhaoyuan, Xixia, and Haiyang; Changdao County; Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone; Yantai Export Processing Zone; and Yantai High-Tech Development Zone. The total population reached 6.96 million by the end of 2010 according to the national census, among which 2.36 million live within the urban area. Here, 47 ethnic minority groups live together harmoniously along with the major Han ethnic group, mainly in the Zhifu and Kaifa districts.

History

The history of Yantai dates back to the Xia Dynasty (2070 B.C.-1600 B.C.), and its name originates from Yantai Mountain. Governed by the Lai Kingdom in the Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C.-1046 B.C.), the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 B.C.-771 B.C.), and Spring and Autumn Period (770 B.C.-476 B.C.), Yantai functioned as a county under administration of the Qi Kingdom in the Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221 B.C.) and Qin Dynasty (221 B.C.-206 B.C.). It was called Donglai in the Han (206 B.C-220 A.D.), the Jin (265-420), and the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-581 ), which was renamed the Dengzhou Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The city initially functioned as a fortress in the Ming Dynasty, and numerous beacon towers with smoke rising in the daytime and fires lit in the night during emergencies were built to prevent pirate invasions.

Then with the signing of the Tianjin Treaty between China and Britain in 1858, Yantai was opened up to the world as a trading port in 1861. After the establishment of the East Sea Pass in 1862, Yantai became the first open port of the Shandong Province in modern times, and consulates and foreign banks were later set up by 17 countries, including Great Britain, the US, Japan, and Germany.

Topography

The topography of Yantai is quite tumultuous with mountain many ranges rising and falling around it. The mountain area, hill area, plains area, and the swale area each cover 26.62%, 20.7%, 20.78%, and 2.90% of the total area respectively, of which the mountain area is mainly distributed in the center. The major mountains are Ai Mountain, Luo Mountain, Teeth Mountain, Ci Mountain, Kunyu Mountain, and Zhaohu Mountain, all with a total average altitude of over 500 meters above sea level. Among these, Kunyu Mountain is the tallest peak at 922.8 meters high. The coastal topography of Yantai, then, can be divided into the rocky coast and the sandy coast, of which the rocky portion starts from Tiger-Head Cliff of Laizhou in the west to Dong Mountain of Mouping in the east. The coastal beaches and islands in the distance complement each other magnificently, and it is this radiance and beauty that makes Yantai such a popular summer resort for both domestic and international travelers.

 

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