Is Rizhao close to the sea?

Rizhao is a city close to the sea.

Rizhao is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea and on the southeastern flank of the Shandong Peninsula. It faces Japan and South Korea across the Yellow Sea to the east, Linyi to the west, Qingdao and Weifang to the north, and Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province to the south. The city’s land area is 5,310 square meters. kilometers and a sea area of ??6,000 square kilometers. There are 55 towns, streets, and 1,944 villages. The total registered population at the end of 2016 was 2.9972 million.

Rizhao City is located between 118°25′～119°39′ east longitude and 35°04′～36°04′ north latitude. It is located in the central coastal area of ??mainland China and the southeastern part of the Shandong Peninsula. It borders the Yellow Sea to the east, Linyi City to the west, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province to the south, Qingdao City and Weifang City to the north, and faces Japan and South Korea across the sea. It is about 82 kilometers long from north to south and 90 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of ??5,359 square kilometers.

The Rizhao Coast is located in the middle of the Yellow Sea, connected by headlands and bays, starting from the mouth of the Tianshui River in the north and ending at the mouth of the Xiuzhen River in the south, with a total length of 99.6 kilometers. It is a relatively straight bedrock sandy coast. There are two natural harbors on the coastline: Shijiu Bay and Foshou Bay, as well as the Rizhao Port Group consisting of Rizhao Port and Lanshan Port.

The inland islands include Taohua Island and Chufeng Island; the faraway islands include Pingdao, Dashan Island and Cheniushan Island, with an area of ??0.321 square kilometers. There are 76,000 acres of coastal beaches. The shallow sea waters are vast, with a 10-meter isobath area of ??300,000 acres; the 20-meter isobath water area is 1 million acres suitable for farming.

Extended information

Rizhao is a young city. It has been less than 30 years since its establishment in 1989. Rizhao is known as the "Oriental Sun City" and "Unmatched by Hawaii". It has 60 kilometers of golden beaches along the coast from south to north. Blue sky, blue sea and golden beaches are the signatures of Rizhao tourism. Rizhao has both sea, mountains, ancient times and forests. There are 64 kilometers of high-quality beaches on the 100-kilometer coastline, which is praised by relevant experts as "the only unpolluted golden coast along China's coast."

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