Qingdao

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Qingdao

Total population

10,071,722

Air quality index

67Moderate

Elevation16 m

Coordinates36.07°, 120.38°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Qingdao, archaically known as Tsingtao, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Lying across the Shandong Peninsula and looking out to the Yellow Sea, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest. The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge links the main urban area of Qingdao with Huangdao district, straddling the Jiaozhou Bay sea areas.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Wang Sheng

Chinese footballer

W

Wang Xinbo

Chinese footballer

Wang Yan

actress

W

Wang Yih-Jiun

basketball player

X

Xia Ningning

Chinese footballer

Xiu Deshun

Chinese chess grandmaster

X

Xu Qun

Chinese footballer

X

Xu Youzhi

footballer

Y

Yang Kunpeng

Chinese footballer

Y

Yu Chenghui

Chinese actor (1939–2015)

Y

Yu Guohui

Chinese racewalker

Y

Yu Yanli

Chinese sports sailor

Zheng Long

Chinese footballer

Z

Zheng Wei

Chinese footballer

Z

Zhu Jianrong

Chinese footballer

L

Lin Wenyi

Chinese engineer and politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Shandong

• Camp Crook
  6157.1 mi away
• Buffalo
  6166.8 mi away
• Lemmon
  6183.5 mi away
• Prairie City
  6189.2 mi away
• Morristown
  6195 mi away
• Bison
  6199.3 mi away
• McIntosh
  6205.6 mi away
• Belle Fourche
  6210.8 mi away
• Fruitdale
  6215.1 mi away
• North Spearfish
  6218.3 mi away
• Nisland
  6218.7 mi away
• Newell
  6219.9 mi away

Browse all places in Shandong →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Qingdao

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-06-13

Japanese Carpenter Ant

Camponotus japonicus

Seen 2026-06-12

Vincetoxicum versicolor

Vincetoxicum versicolor

Seen 2026-06-12

Ziziphus jujuba spinosa

Ziziphus jujuba spinosa

Seen 2026-06-12

Haichow Elsholtzia

Elsholtzia splendens

Seen 2026-06-12

Erysiphe pseudolonicerae

Erysiphe pseudolonicerae

Seen 2026-06-12

Golovinomyces sonchicola

Golovinomyces sonchicola

Seen 2026-06-12

Arthrocladiella mougeotii

Arthrocladiella mougeotii

Seen 2026-06-12

Erysiphe rumicicola

Erysiphe rumicicola

Seen 2026-06-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Qingdao, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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