Clockwise frae tap left: A Stone biggin inBa Da Guan, A hoose in the auld section o Qingdao,Qingdao TV Touer, Qingdao skyline anZhan Qiao Pier, 4 Mey Square
Location o Qingdao Ceety (yellae) in Shandong province
Qingdao (Cheenese:青岛;pinyin:Qīngdǎo (help·info)), historically kent asTsingtao, is a major ceety in eastrenShandongprovincee,Eastren Cheenae, wi a population o ower 8.715 million (2010 census). Its biggit up aurie, made o 6 urban destricts an 4 coonty-level ceeties, is home tae aboot 4,896,000 indwallers in 2010.
It bordersYantai tae the northeast,Weifang tae the wast anRizhao tae the soothwast.Qīng (青) in Cheenese means "green" or "lush", whiledǎo (岛) means "island". Qingdao is admeenistered at thesub-provincial level.
Qingdao is locatit on the sooth facin coast o theShandong Peninsulae. It borders three prefectur-level ceeties, namelyYantai tae the northeast,Weifang tae the wast, anRizhao tae the soothwast. The ceety's tot jurisdiction aurie occupies 10,654 square kilometre (4,114 sq mi), an stretches in latitude frae 35° 35' tae 37° 09' N an in longitude frae 119° 30' tae 121° 00' E. The populatit sections o the ceety are relatively flat while muntains spur up within ceety leemits an nearby. The heichest elevation in the ceety is 1,133 metre (3,717 ft) abuin sea level. 15.5% o the tot aurie is heichland, while the fithill, plain an laichland auries constitute 25.1%, 37.8% an 21.7%. The ceety haes a 730.64 kilometre (454.00 mi) coastline. Five significant rivers that flow for mair nor 50 kilometre (31 mi) can be foond in the region.
Qingdao haes a temperate, fower-saison,monsoon-influenced[7] climate that lies in the transeetion atween thehumid subtropical (KöppenCwa) anhumid continental (KöppenDwa) regimes, but favourin the umwhile. Winter is cuil tae cauld an windy, but generally dry, wi a Januar average o −0.5 °C (31.1 °F). Simmer is generally het an humid, but very het days are rare, wi an August average o 25.3 °C (77.5 °F). Due tae its proximity tae the coast an bein on a peninsulae, it experiences an ane-month delayed ware compared tae maist inland auries o Cheenae,[7] an the annualdiurnal temperatur variation is anly 6.3 °C (11.3 °F). Conversely, hairst is milder than inland auries in Shandong. The watter temperature peaks at aboot 25 °C (77 °F) in late August, wi soummin possible twa month on aither side. The annual mean temperature is 12.6 °C (54.7 °F).
↑ab"自然地理" (in Simplified Chinese). Qingdao: Shinan District Information Office. Archived fraethe original on 2 Juin 2010. Retrieved13 Mey 2013.Unknown parameter|trans_title= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
↑"青岛城市介绍" (in Simplified Chinese). Weather.com.cn. Juin 2011. Retrieved1 Juin 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
