Dalian
Dalian 大连 | |
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大连市 | |
![]() Clockwise frae tap: Dalian's Skyline, Lüshun Station, Zhongshan Square Xinghai Square, an Laodong Pairk | |
![]() Location o Dalian Ceety jurisdiction in Liaoning | |
Coordinates: 38°55′15″N 121°38′21″E / 38.92083°N 121.63917°ECoordinates: 38°55′15″N 121°38′21″E / 38.92083°N 121.63917°E | |
Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
Province | Liaoning |
Settled | 1899 |
– Transfer o sovereignty tae Japan (Treaty o Shimonoseki) | 17 Aprile 1895 |
– Roushie occupation - Japanese occupation | 3 Mairch 1898 – 2 Januar 1905 1905 – 15 August 1945 |
– Transfer o sovereignty tae Cheenae | 16 Aprile 1955 |
Municipal seat | Xigang Destrict |
Diveesions - Coonty-level | 6 destricts, 4 coonties(ceeties) |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Li Wancai |
Area | |
• Sub-provincial ceety | 13237 km2 (5,111 sq mi) |
• Laund | 12574 km2 (4,855 sq mi) |
Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
Population (2009)[1] | |
• Sub-provincial ceety | 6,170,000 |
• Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,578,000 |
• Major ethnic groups | Han |
Time zone | UTC 8 (Cheenae Staundart) |
Postal code | 116000 |
Area code(s) | 0411 |
GDP (nominal) | 2010[2] |
- Tot | CNY 515.82 billion USD 76.20 billion |
- Per capita | CNY 69,165 USD 10,217 |
HDI (2008) | 0.834 – Heich |
Coastline | 1,906 km (excludin islands) |
License plate prefixes | 辽B |
Admeenistrative diveesion code | 210200 |
ISO 3166-2 | cn-21-02 |
Website | http://www.dalian.gov.cn/ |
Dalian (simplifeed Cheenese: 大连; traditeeonal Cheenese: 大連; pinyin: Dàlián; Mandarin pronunciation: [tâljɛ̌n]) is a major ceety an seaport in the sooth o Liaoning province, Northeast Cheenae. It faces Shandong tae the sooth, the Yellae Sea tae the east an the Bohai Sea tae the wast an sooth. Hauldin sub-provincial admeenistrative status, Dalian is the soothrenmaist ceety o Northeast Cheenae an Cheenae's northrenmaist warm water port. The seicont lairgest ceety in Liaoning province, next anerlie tae the caipital (Shenyang), the ceety haes a significant history o being uised bi foreign pouers as a port. The day it serves as a regional financial base an an important internaitional shippin centre an logistics hub in Northeast Asie.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Dalian is twinned wi:
Zaragoza, Spain
Szczecin, Poland
Glesga, Scotland, Unitit Kinrick
Kitakyūshū, Japan
Le Havre, Fraunce
Vancouver, Breetish Columbie, Canada
Ohrid, Macedonie
Bremen, Free Hanseatic Ceety o Bremen, Germany
Incheon, Sooth Korea
Oakland, Californie, USA
Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Maizuru, Japan
Vladivostok, Roushie
Pointe-Noire, Republic o Congo
Bahía Blanca, Argentinae
Surabaya, Indonesie
Enschede, Netherlands
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Population and Employment. Dalian China. english.dl.gov.cn (2010-03-23).
- ↑ GDP figure of Liaoning cities is from Liaoning Statisticlal Yearbook 2011 ISBN 978-7-89468-219-2/F.419
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