Geography
The gulf is formed by the Liaodong Peninsula to the northeast and the Shandong Peninsula to the south. Bo Hai consists of three bays: Laizhou Bay to the south, Liaodong Bay to the north, and Bohai Wan to the west. The rivers Huang He, Liao He, Hai He and Luan River empty into Bo Hai.
The Bohai economic rim includes Beijing, Tianjin, part of Hebei province, part of Liaoning province, and part of Shandong province. List of major cities or ports in these municipalities and provinces are listed below:
Inner Rim
- Municipalities: Beijing and Tianjin (Binhai)
- Hebei Province: Tangshan, Qinhuangdao, Cangzhou, Langfang, Chengde and Zhangjiakou
| City | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population | Image | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing | 北京 | Beijing | 17,430,000 | Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China. Governed as a municipality under direct administration of the central government. Beijing is China's second largest city after Shanghai, with more than 17 million people in Beijing's area of jurisdiction | |
| Tianjin | 天津 | Tianjin | 11,760,000 | The third largest city of the People's Republic of China in terms of urban population. Administratively it is one of the four municipalities that have provincial-level status, reporting directly to the central government. Also, its urban land area is the third largest in China, ranked only after Beijing and Shanghai. | |
| Tangshan | 唐山 | Tangshan | 7,100,000 | a mainly industrial prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It became known after the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, 7.5 on the Richter scale which flattened the city. The city has since been rebuilt and has become a tourist attraction. |
South Rim (Shandong)
- Qingdao, Jinan, Weihai, Weifang, Yantai, Dongying, Binzhou, and Zibo
| City | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population | Image | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jinan | 济南 | Jinan | 5,900,000 | Jinan is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China. | |
| Qingdao | 青岛 | Qingdao | 7,579,900 | Qingdao is a major city in eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest. Lying across the Shandong Peninsula while looking out to the Yellow Sea, Qingdao today is a major seaport, naval base, and industrial center | |
| Weihai | 威海 | Weihai | 2,596,753 | Weihai is a prefecture-level city in eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The easternmost prefecture-level city in the province and a major seaport, Weihai borders Yantai to the west and looks out to the Yellow Sea to the east. |
North Rim (Liaoning)
- Shenyang, Dalian, Dandong, Huludao, Jinzhou, Yingkou, Anshan, and Panjin
| City | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population | Image | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenyang | 沈阳 | Shenyang | 8,240,000 | Shenyang is a sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning province in Northeast China. Along with its nearby cities, Shenyang is an important industrial center in China, and the transportation and commercial centre of China's northeastern region. | |
| Dalian | 大连 | Dalian | 6,200,000 | Dalian is the second largest city of Liaoning Province, after Shenyang, the provincial capital. Dalian City is governed by the Mayor and its Dalian Municipal People's Government. | |
| Dandong | 丹东 | Dandong | 2,409,697 | Dandong is the largest border city in China. Dandong border with Sinuiju in North Korea. |
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