Haiyang
Sign in to saveHaiyang () is a coastal city in the Shandong province in eastern China, located on the Yellow Sea (southern) coast of the Shandong Peninsula. Its name translates directly from "yang" (阳) side of the "ocean" (海) in Mandarin. It is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yantai and was the host city for the 2012 Asian Beach Games.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Haiyang
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.image_map
- ChinaYantaiHaiyang.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Yantai
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Shandong
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Shandong
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Shandong
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Yantai
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1886
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017
- Settlement.population_total
- 658,000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- China Standard
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 海阳县
- Population
- 582711
- Area
- 1909.69
- Official website
- www.haiyang.gov.cn
- Image
- 20230530 Haiyang International Sand Sculpture Art Park 01.jpg
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- postal code
- 265100
- Commons category
- Haiyang
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- From fortress to county
- European settlement
- Geography
- Administrative Divisions
- Climate
- Economy
- Haiyang Port
- Clean energy transition
- Tourism
- Vacation facilities
- Leisure resorts
- Asian Beach Games
- Twin Towns and Sister Cities
- References
- External links
Haiyang () is a coastal city in the Shandong province in eastern China, located on the Yellow Sea (southern) coast of the Shandong Peninsula. Its name translates directly from "yang" (阳) side of the "ocean" (海) in Mandarin. It is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yantai and was the host city for the 2012 Asian Beach Games.
It is also the site of the new Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant and in 2021, became China's first city to fully utilize nuclear energy for its district heating system. Haiyang is the hometown of writer Sun Junqing (), whose 1962 work about the hope for a better year of farming in 1963 after the Great Chinese Famine is part of the Putonghua Proficiency Test.
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