Dongtai (Chinese: 东台) is a city under the jurisdiction of Yancheng, Jiangsu, in the People's Republic of China, located on the west coast of the Pacific ocean and 190 kilometers north of Shanghai. It has a population of roughly 1,170,000 estimated for 2007. Out of the total population, about 260,000 live in the Dongtain urban core, others are distributed in the 23 suburban towns and rural regions (Some famous towns include Touzao, Anfeng, Qingdong, Sancang, Qianggang, Fu'an, Tangyang, etc.).
Transportation in Dongtai is fairly convenient. There are four International airports (Shanghai Pudong, Shanghai Hongqiao, Nanjing Lukou, Yancheng Nanyang) within 200 kilometers. There are also several other domestic airports nearby. The Xinchang Railway traverses the downtown. No. 204 national highway, No. 333 provincial highway, An-qiang provincial road, and The Coastal Expressway pass through the Dongtai area. The coastal railway from the northeast Heilongjiang province to the southeast Fujian province is under construction. When construction is complete on this railway, transportation will be made more effective in Dongtai. That will further stimulate the city's economic development.
The dialect in Dongtai is quite different from Mandarin (which mainly comes from dialects of Northern China). The local accent is close to that in nearby Taizhou, Haiyan, Xinghua, Dafeng area. The population who speak Dongtai language are around 10 million. But it has no problem to do business in Dongtai, since most of local people speak Mandarine quite well, and a lot of young people there also speak English.
The food style in Dongtai belongs to Huai-Yang series. The taste is not strong, and that is different from most of other regions in China. In Dongtai, people also have chance to eat different seafoods.
Tourist can also find fun in Dongtai. Xi-xi ancient town is the cradle of Dongtai and it is also a Holy land of Buddhism. The Yellow Sea (Huanghai) National Park is on the east coastal region of Dongtai and there are also a national everglade protection region and a five-A (the highest level) precious animal protection region nearby.
| Climate data for Dongtai (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
19.36 (66.84) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
3.6 (38.5) |
9.1 (48.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
0.5 (32.9) |
10.90 (51.62) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 34.6 (1.362) |
41.6 (1.638) |
69.1 (2.72) |
69.6 (2.74) |
87.2 (3.433) |
176.0 (6.929) |
199.9 (7.87) |
140.5 (5.531) |
101.3 (3.988) |
54.2 (2.134) |
53.1 (2.091) |
23.8 (0.937) |
1,050.9 (41.374) |
| % humidity | 76 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 83 | 79 | 76 | 74 | 78.8 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.1 | 7.8 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 110.9 |
| Sunshine hours | 150.0 | 141.6 | 158.2 | 187.9 | 211.4 | 178.8 | 200.4 | 227.9 | 186.2 | 188.5 | 170.0 | 168.9 | 2,169.8 |
| Source: 中国气象局 | |||||||||||||
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