Yingkou Explained

Yingkou
Other Name:Yingkow, Ingkow
Native Name:营口市
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Settlement Type:Prefecture-level city
Pushpin Map:Liaoning
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the city centre in Liaoning
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Liaoning
Seat Type:Municipal seat
Seat:Xishi District
Parts Type:Districts and Counties
Parts Style:coll
P1:Zhanqian District
P2:Xishi District
P3:Bayuquan District
P4:Laobian District
P5:Dashiqiao City
P6:Gaizhou City
Leader Title:CPC Yingkou
Leader Name:Committee Secretary
Leader Title1:Mayor
Leader Name1:Gao Jun
Area Total Km2:5502
Area Blank1 Title:Districts[1]
Area Urban Km2:712.1
Area Metro Km2:1913.2
Population As Of:2020 census
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:2328582
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Population Density Metro Km2:auto
Population Urban:1162213
Population Metro:1228198
Demographics Type2:GDP[3]
Demographics2 Title1:Prefecture-level city
Demographics2 Info1:CN¥ 151.4 billion
US$ 24.3 billion
Demographics2 Title2:Per capita
Demographics2 Info2:CN¥ 61,925
US$ 9,942
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coor Pinpoint:Yingkou municipal government
Coordinates:40.625°N 122.219°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:115000
Blank Name:Licence plates
Blank Info:Chinese: H
Blank1 Name:Administrative division code
Blank1 Info:210800
Iso Code:CN-LN-08
Area Code:410

Yingkou is a coastal prefecture-level city of central southern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, on the northeastern shore of Liaodong Bay. It is the third-smallest city in Liaoning with a total area of, and the ninth most populous with a population of 2,328,582 as of the 2020 census, of whom 1,228,198 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of three urban districts (Zhanqian, Xishi and Laobian) and one county-level city (Dashiqiao). It borders the sub-provincial city of Dalian to the south, the prefectural cities of Anshan to the north and east and Panjin to the northwest, and also shares maritime boundaries with Jinzhou and Huludao across the Liaodong Bay to its west.

Located on the east bank of the Daliao River mouth, Yingkou is an important port city, with the Port of Yingkou being the second-largest container port in the Bohai Sea (after the Port of Tianjin) and Northeast China (after the Port of Dalian), the tenth-largest nationwide, and the 25th-busiest worldwide. Yingkou is classified as a Medium-Port Metropolis.[4]

Name

Yingkou was historically known as Newchwang (; Manchu: Ishangga gašan hoton) in postal romanization; it was one of the Treaty Ports opened under the Treaties of Tianjin of 1858. In fact, the actual town of Newchwang was about thirty miles upstream of Liao He, within today's county-level city of Haicheng. After the treaty had been signed, the British found that the river near Newchwang was too shallow for their ships. Instead, the treaty port was moved to the area nearer to the river mouth where today's Yingkou is located.

To avoid confusion between the two locations, careful English writers of the early 20th century would sometimes use Newchwang for Yingkou (explaining that "Ying-kow, ... outside Manchuria, ... is known only as Newchwang") and Niu-chuang (the proper Wade–Giles transcription of 'Chinese: 牛庄') for the actual inland Niuzhuang Town. Meanwhile, Newchwangcheng (Chinese: 牛庄城; postal: Newchwang Town) was adopted by the government as the inland town's name to distinguish it from the coastal city.

Administrative divisions

Yingkou prefecture is subdivided into 4 districts and 2 cities:

Map
NameChinese (S)Hanyu PinyinPopulation Area (km²)Density (/km²)
City Proper
Zhanqian DistrictChinese: 站前区310,63436.358,545.64
Xishi DistrictChinese: 西市区164,873314.91523.56
Laobian DistrictChinese: 老边区125,454217.54576.69
Suburban
Bayuquan DistrictChinese: 鲅鱼圈区431,087280.861534.88
Satellite cities (County-level cities)
Dashiqiao CityChinese: 大石桥市704,8911,612.11437.25
Gaizhou CityChinese: 盖州市691,5952,953.92234.13
Total2,428,5345,415.68448.43

Geography

Yingkou is mostly located in the northwestern part of the Liaodong Peninsula, and on the left bank of the mouth of Daliao River, which was historically the main distributary of the lower Liao River and the principal exit of fluvial transports from inland Liaoning into the Bohai Sea.

The city's metro area is located 166km (103miles) south from the provincial capital Shenyang, 204km (127miles) north from Dalian, southwest from Anshan, and 70km (40miles) southeast from Panjin. The city is located at latitude 39° 55'−40° 56' N and longitude 121° 56'−123° 02' E. At its greatest width, the city spans 111.8km (69.5miles) from north to south and 50.7km (31.5miles) from east to west. The total area of the city is 5365km2, occupying a mere 4.9% of the provincial area. The city has a total coastline of 96km (60miles).

Climate

Yingkou has a four-season humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa) with strong monsoonal influences. Though the climate is somewhat tempered by the city's location on the Bohai Gulf, winters are long, windy, cold but dry, and summers are hot and humid. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from NaN°C in January to in July, while the annual mean is 9.82°C. Precipitation is somewhat enhanced by the coastal location, with a majority of the annual rainfall occurring in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 51% in July to 68% in three months, the city receives 2,774 hours of bright sunshine annually.

Industrial zones

Transportation

Yingkou is served by the Yingkou Lanqi Airport.

Sport

The city is home to the basketball club Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association. The club brought forth several players of China's national basketball team. It plays its home games at the Benxi Gymnasium.

Partnership town and ports

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: China: Liáoníng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map.
  3. Book: 辽宁省统计局、国家统计局辽宁调查总队 . 《辽宁统计年鉴-2016》 . October 2016 . 中国统计出版社 . 978-7-5037-7900-8 . 2017-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170605134500/http://www.ln.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/sjcx/ndsj/otherpages/2016/indexch.htm . 2017-06-05 . dead.
  4. 10.1080/03088839.2020.1802785 . The Southampton system: A new universal standard approach for port-city classification . 2021 . Roberts . Toby . Williams . Ian . Preston . John . Maritime Policy & Management . 48 . 4 . 530–542 . 225502755 . free .
  5. http://rightsite.asia/en/industrial-zone/yingkou-economic-technological-development-zone/ RightSite.asia | Yingkou Development Zone
  6. Web site: ru:Города – побратимы Китая и России. http://russian.china.org.cn/international/archive/wenhuazhou/txt/2003-08/15/content_2081494.htm. 27 July 2015. ru.
  7. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-08-15 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023651/http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/pdf/slsdc_newsletter_summer_2007.pdf . dead .