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Zhucheng () is a county-level city in the southeast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Weifang city and had at the 2010 census a population of 1,086,222 even though its built-up (or metro) area is much smaller.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Zhucheng
Settlement.other_name
Chucheng
Settlement.settlement_type
County-level city
Settlement.image_skyline
Zhucheng tyrannosaurus hall 2011 07 16.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_caption
The Sinotyrannus Hall in Zhucheng
Settlement.image_map
Location of Zhucheng at Shandong.png
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Zhucheng (red) within Weifang City, and location of Weifang City within Shandong province
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
Weifang
Settlement.area_total_km2
2183
Settlement.elevation_m
66

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Song dynasty
  • Ming dynasty
  • Qing dynasty
  • People's Republic of China
  • Administration
  • Subdistricts
  • Towns
  • Former divisions
  • Climate
  • Economy
  • Economic Development Zone
  • Transportation
  • Dinosaur city
  • 2008 discovery
  • Demographics
  • Ethnicity
  • Notable people
  • Sister city
  • References
  • External links

Zhucheng () is a county-level city in the southeast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Weifang city and had at the 2010 census a population of 1,086,222 even though its built-up (or metro) area is much smaller.

==History== Zhucheng was originally known as Langya (). It was from here that Emperor Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu to sail towards Japan in 210 BC, in pursuit of the elixir of youth.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zhucheng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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