Laizhou
Sign in to saveAlso known as Laizhou City, Laizhou Shi, Laizhoushi, city of Laizhou, Laizhou County, Lai-chou, Lai-chou City, Lai-chou Shih
Laizhou, alternately romanized as Laichow, is a county-level city in the prefecture-level city of Yantai, Shandong Province, China. As of 2008, Laizhou had a population of 902,000, out of which 188,000 are urban residents.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Laizhou
- Settlement.other_name
- Laichow
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.image_map
- Laizhou-Yantai-Shandong-China.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Laizhou's jurisdiction 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.parts_type
- Divisions - County-level - Township-level
- Settlement.parts
- 11 townships, 5 subdistricts
- Settlement.government_type
- County level City
- Settlement.leader_title
- CPC Secretary
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county-level city
- Official name
- 莱州市
- Country
- China
- Population
- 824708
- Area
- 1928.03
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.laizhou.gov.cn
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Laizhou
- twinned administrative body
- Jeju
- postal code
- 261400
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Notable people
- Administrative divisions
- Climate
- Transport
- See also
- References
- External links
Laizhou, alternately romanized as Laichow, is a county-level city in the prefecture-level city of Yantai, Shandong Province, China. As of 2008, Laizhou had a population of 902,000, out of which 188,000 are urban residents.
Laizhou traditionally boasts strong economy due to its abundant natural resources, such as gold, magnesium, granite, and salt. Laizhou produces about 15% of the gold production of the whole nation, around 55,000 pounds annually. It is ranked 37th among other similarly sized cities in the nation and top 10 in Shandong Province. In 2010, the GDP of Laizhou reached US$7.3 billion. Laizhou Port is one of the major ports in the Yellow River Delta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laizhou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations