Weihai

Weihai
威海市
Left to right, top to bottom: Weihai skyline with the Gate of Happiness in the foreground, city hall of Weihai, swans on Yangyuchi Bay, a beach in Rongcheng County, altar fountain to the Great Sun Goddess and Ancestral Mother at Chengshan Peak
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Weihai City in Shandong
Weihai City in Shandong
Weihai is located in China
Weihai
Weihai
Location in China
Coordinates (Weihai municipal government): 37°30′48″N 122°07′14″E / 37.5133°N 122.1205°E / 37.5133; 122.1205
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShandong
County-level divisions4
Township-level divisions66
Municipal seatHuancui District
Government
 • CCP SecretaryYan Jianbo (闫剑波)
 • MayorKong Fanping (孔凡萍)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city5,956 km2 (2,300 sq mi)
 • Water15.98 km2 (6.17 sq mi)  0.2756%
 • Urban
2,605.9 km2 (1,006.1 sq mi)
 • Metro
776.7 km2 (299.9 sq mi)
Elevation
44 m (145 ft)
Highest elevation
418 m (1,371 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
 • Prefecture-level city2,906,548
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,728,259
 • Urban density660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,164,730
 • Metro density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 364 billion
US$ 55 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 128,774
US$ 19,460
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Area code631
ISO 3166 codeCN-SD-10
License Plate Prefix鲁K
Administrative division code371000
Websitewww.weihai.gov.cn
City Flower: Sweet Osmanthus, Osmanthus fragrans
City Tree: Silk Tree, Albizia julibrissin

Weihai (Chinese: 威海; pinyin: Wēihǎi), formerly Weihaiwei (Chinese: 威海; pinyin: Wēihǎiwèi; lit. 'Mighty Sea Fort'), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport city in the easternmost Shandong province of China. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow Sea to the east, and is the closest mainland Chinese city to South Korea (specifically, Chengshan to Yeonpyeongdo).

Compared with the 2,804,771 people in the 2010 Chinese census, there has been a total increase of 101,777 people over the past decade, an increase of 3.63%, with an average annual growth rate of 0.36%.[4][5] Weihai's population was 2,906,548 as of the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 1,164,730 lived in the current built-up (or metro) area of (Huancui District) even though Wendeng district to the south with 563,529 inhabitants is soon being conurbated. There are two county-level cities within Weihai; Rongcheng had a built up area with 714,211 inhabitants, while Rushan had 464,078 inhabitants in 2020.[6]

  1. ^ 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). 红黑人口库. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ "China: Shāndōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  3. ^ "Shandong Statistical Yearbook-2016". www.stats-sd.gov.cn.
  4. ^ "Announcement of the Seventh National Population Census of Weihai City". Weihai Municipal People's Government. 9 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Population data of Weihai City". Red Black Kouku. 31 March 2024.
  6. ^ "威海市人民政府 今日威海 威海市第七次全国人口普查公报". www.weihai.gov.cn. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

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