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Weihai
Shandong, China · Asia
About Weihai
Weihai sits on the route: 30 minutes from Tianfu.
Weihai is in Shandong, China, with about 840,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tianfu, about 28 km away.
Weihai (Weihainese: Wé4iHæ, [ʋeɪ̯˥˩ hɛ̆꜌]; Chinese: 威海; pinyin: Wēihǎi), formerly Weihaiwei (Chinese: 威海卫; pinyin: Wēihǎiwèi; lit. 'Mighty Sea Fort'), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport city in the easternmost Shandong province of China. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow Sea to the east, and isRead more
the closest mainland Chinese city to South Korea (specifically, Chengshan to Yeonpyeongdo).
Compared with the 2,804,771 people in the 2010 Chinese census, there has been a total increase of 101,777 people over the past decade, an increase of 3.63%, with an average annual growth rate of 0.36%. Weihai's population was 2,906,548 as of the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 1,164,730 lived in the current built-up (or metro) area of (Huancui District) even though Wendeng district to the south with 563,529 inhabitants is soon being conurbated. There are two county-level cities within Weihai; Rongcheng had a built up area with 714,211 inhabitants, while Rushan had 464,078 inhabitants in 2020.
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Weihai is in Shandong, China, about 28 km from Tianfu.
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- Population
- 844,310
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Region
- Shandong
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 37.5091, 122.1136
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