Dalian
| Dalian 大连 |
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  Dalian
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| Coordinates: 38°55′15″N 121°38′21″E / 38.92083°N 121.63917°E | |
| Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
| Province | Liaoning |
| Settled | 1899 |
| – Transfer o sovereignty tae Japan (Treaty o Shimonoseki) | 17 Aprile 1895 |
| – Roushie occupation - Japanese occupation |
3 Mairch 1898 – 2 Januar 1905 1905 – 15 August 1945 |
| – Transfer o sovereignty tae Cheenae | 16 Aprile 1955 |
| Municipal seat | Xigang Destrict |
| Diveesions - Coonty-level |
6 destricts, 4 coonties(ceeties) |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Li Wancai |
| Aurie | |
| - Sub-provincial ceety | 13,237 km2 (5,110.8 sq mi) |
| - Laund | 12,574 km2 (4,854.8 sq mi) |
| Hicht | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Indwallers (2009)[1] | |
| - Sub-provincial ceety | 6,170,000 |
| - Densitie | 466.1/km2 (1,207.2/sq mi) |
| - Urban | 3,578,000 |
| - Major ethnic groups | Han |
| Time zone | Cheenae Staundart (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 116000 |
| Aurie code(s) | 0411 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2010[2] |
| - Tot | CNY 515.82 billion USD 76.20 billion |
| - Per capita | CNY 69,165 USD 10,217 |
| HDI (2008) | 0.834 – Heich |
| Coastline | 1,906 km (excludin islands) |
| License plate prefixes | 辽B |
| Admeenistrative diveesion code | 210200 |
| ISO 3166-2 | cn-21-02 |
| Wabsteid | http://www.dalian.gov.cn/ |
Dalian (simplified Cheenese: 大连; tradeetional Cheenese: 大連; pinyin: Dàlián; Mandarin pronunciation: [tâljɛ̌n]) is a major ceety an seaport in the sooth o Liaoning province, Northeast Cheenae. It faces Shandong tae the sooth, the Yellae Sea tae the east an the Bohai Sea tae the wast an sooth. Hauldin sub-provincial admeenistrative status, Dalian is the soothrenmaist ceety o Northeast Cheenae an Cheenae's northrenmaist warm water port. The seicont lairgest ceety in Liaoning province, next anerlie tae the caipital (Shenyang), the ceety haes a significant history o being uised bi foreign pouers as a port. The day it serves as a regional financial base an an important internaitional shippin centre an logistics hub in Northeast Asie.
Internaitional relations[edit]
- Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae
Twin touns — Sister ceeties[edit]
Dalian is twinned wi:
Zaragoza, Spain
Szczecin, Poland
Glesga, Scotland, Unitit Kinrick
Kitakyūshū, Japan
Le Havre, Fraunce
Vancouver, Breetish Columbie, Canada
Ohrid, Macedonie
Bremen, Free Hanseatic Ceety o Bremen, Germany
Incheon, Sooth Korea
Oakland, Californie, USA- Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Maizuru, Japan
Vladivostok, Roushie
Pointe-Noire, Republic o Congo
Bahía Blanca, Argentinae
Surabaya, Indonesie
Enschede, Netherlands
References[edit]
- ↑ Population and Employment. Dalian China. english.dl.gov.cn (2010-03-23).
- ↑ GDP figure of Liaoning cities is from Liaoning Statisticlal Yearbook 2011 ISBN 978-7-89468-219-2/F.419
