Qingdao

Qingdao ([tɕʰíŋtàu]; also spelled Tsingtao) is a city in eastern Shandong Province on the east coast of China. It is the largest city in its province. Administered at the sub-provincial level,[1] Qingdao has jurisdiction over six districts and four county-level cities. As of 2014[update] Qingdao had a population of 9,046,200 with an urban population of 6,188,100.[2] Lying across the Shandong Peninsula and looking out to the Yellow Sea, it borders Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest.