Qingdao belongs to Shandong province, hereinafter referred to as " jiaoao", formerly known as " qindao", " island city", located in the southern Shandong peninsula, located in the east longitude 119 30' ~ 121 00', north latitude 35 35' ~ 37 09', east and south near the yellow sea, northeast adjacent to Yantai city, west to Weifang city, southwest to Rizhao city, known as " east Fang Rui".
Qingdao area formerly known as jiaoao. In 1891 ( Qing Guangxu seventeen years ) the Qing government decided to fortify in jiaoao, Qingdao was built. On June 2, 1949, Qingdao was liberated. After the liberation of Qingdao, to Shandong province.
Qingdao is a temperate monsoon climate, with a total area of 11,282 km2, with a permanent population of 9,204,000 ( 2016 ). it has six municipal districts and four county-level cities under the jurisdiction of the city. it has Laoshan scenic spot, osawa mountain scenic spot, beer museum and seaside scenic spot.
Qingdao is the first coastal open city, China's coastal city, national historical and cultural city, national civilized city, national health city, national garden city, national forest city, is also China's most happy city. Qingdao as the world beer city, the capital of the world sailing, is approved by the state Council of Shandong peninsula blue economic zone planning core regional leading city. [ 1 ] on December 24, 2017, was selected as the top 200 cities with Chinese characteristics.