Yantai
Yantai is a city in Shandong, China. It is on the coast facing the Huang Hai. The average annual temperature is 12°C. The annual rainfall is 20 mm.
The city used to be called "Chefoo" because an island close to the city was named "Chefoo". The name of the city means "Smokey Tower" (yan - smoke, tai - tower). The city is named "Yantai" because in 1398 the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty, built watch towers nearby to tell everyone if Japanese pirates were coming.
In 2008[update] the city of Yantai and the area around it had 6,516,900 people living in it. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was 343.4 billionRMB while the GDP divided by the population was 49,012RMB.
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Moon Bay in Yantai
Original German Post Office in Yantai's old town
Lacemakers in Chefoo, 1902
Yantai (labelled as YEN-T'AI (CHEFOO) 煙台) (1953)
Map of Yantai (labeled as YEN-T'AI (CHEFOO))
Beach in Longkou, Yantai, Shandong
Modern day Chateau Changyu, Yantai, Shandong
Yuhuangding Hospital in Yantai, Shandong
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View of Ship mast from top of hill in foreign concession, Author: S.T. Fullerton
