Zhucheng
Sign in to saveZhucheng () 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
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- China Shandong
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- 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
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- 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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