Penglai
蓬莱区 | |
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Coordinates: 37°49′N 120°44′E / 37.817°N 120.733°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shandong |
Prefecture-level city | Yantai |
Area | |
• Total | 1,197.1 km2 (462.2 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 410,000 |
• Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 265600 |
Area code | 0535 |
Website | penglai |
Penglai | |||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 蓬莱 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 蓬萊 | ||||||||||||
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Former names | |||||||||||||
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Dengzhou | |||||||||||||
Chinese | 登州 | ||||||||||||
Postal | Tengchow | ||||||||||||
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Penglai, formerly known as Dengzhou or Tengchow,[a] is a district of Yantai City, Shandong Peninsula in the People's Republic of China. It lies on the northwest corner of the Shandong Peninsula on the southern coast of the Gulf of Bohai. Penglai is famous for its mirages out at sea, which are frequent during May and June. Formerly a county-level city under Yantai's administration, Penglai became a district in 2020.
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