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Qingdao is a beautiful seaside city on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula bordering on the Yellow Sea and the Jiaozhou Bay. The city lies on undulating hills with luxuriantly green trees and buildings noted for their attractive architectural styles. The red colour of the tiled roves, green colour of the trees thills and blue of the sea contrast beautifully. All this along with its beautiful climate, make the city well-known as a summer and health resort. The sailing events of 2008 Olympic Games will be held in my hometown.
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Location: located between 120 east longitude and 36 west latitude, at the southwestern tip
of the Shandong Peninsular,
bordering the Yellow Sea on the east and south.
Neighboring Areas: Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, and Hebei provinces
Physical Features: bounded on the southeast by the Yellow Sea, about half of the area covered by
mountains and hills and the rest fertile plains
Population: 7.0 million
Urban Population: 2.3 million
Area: 10,654 sq km
Nationalities: Han, Hui, Korean, Zhuang, Gaoshan, Uygur, Miao and Russian
History: the original place of the China's ancient culture 6000 years ago, administrated
by Qi Kingdom during East Zhou
dynasty and become a prosperousc city in Qin dynasty; In the 19 century, once under control of imperial invaders; thereafter,
set up as a municipal city of P.R.C in 1949
Climatic Features: a temperate maritime climate, warm in winter and cool in summer,
frost-free period of 251 days
Average Temperature: 12.2C annually 25C in August and 1.3C in January
Rainfall: average annual of 775.6mm
Products: wheat, corn, yam bean, soya bean, millet, peanuts, cotton, tobacco, flowers, vegetables
and fruits