Jiaozhou City
| Jiaozhou 胶州市 | |
|---|---|
| County-level city | |
 Location of Jiaozhou within Qingdao | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Qingdao |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Jiaozhou (simplified Chinese: 胶州; traditional Chinese: 膠州; pinyin: Jiāozhōu), formerly Jiaoxian or Jiao County, is a county-level city of Qingdao sub-provincial city, Shandong Province, China. It gained its current county-level city designation in 1987. It has an area of 1,313 km2 and a population at the 2000 Census of 783,478.
History
Under the Zhou, the area around Jiaozhou was the home of the Jie (Chinese: 介) tribe of the Dongyi.[1] Under the Qing, it was administered as part of Laizhou.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Legge, James (1872), The Ch'un Ts'ew with Tso Chuen, The Chinese Classics, Vol. V, Hong Kong: Lane, Crawford, & Co., Prol., Ch. iii, p. 130.
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Coordinates: 36°14′53″N 119°57′45″E / 36.24806°N 119.96250°E
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