Rizhao is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea, on the southeast wing of Shandong Peninsula, facing Japan and South Korea across the Yellow Sea in the east, Linyi in the west, Qingdao and Weifang in the north and Lianyungang in Jiangsu Province in the south. The land area of the city is 53 10 square kilometers and the sea area is 6000 square kilometers. 55 towns and streets, 1944 villages, 20 10.

Rizhao city is located at east longitude11825 ′ ~11939 ′, and north latitude 3504 ′ ~ 3604 ′, which is located in the central coast of Chinese mainland and the southeast of Shandong Peninsula. It borders the Yellow Sea in the east, Linyi City in the west, Lianyungang City in Jiangsu Province in the south, Qingdao City and Weifang City in the north, and faces Japan and South Korea across the sea. It is about 82 kilometers long from north to south and 90 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 5359 square kilometers.

Rizhao coast is located in the middle of the Yellow Sea, connected by a headland, with a total length of 99.6 kilometers. It starts from the sweet water estuary in the north and ends at the embroidered needle estuary in the south, belonging to a relatively flat bedrock sandy coast. There are two natural harbors, Shijiu Bay and Bergamot Bay, and Rizhao Port Group consisting of Rizhao Port and Lanshan Port on the coastline.

Nearshore islands include Peach Blossom Island and Wind Island; Far away are the "first three islands" consisting of Pingdao, Dashan Island and Cheniushan Island, with an area of 0.32 1 km2. 76,000 mu of coastal beaches. The shallow water area is vast, and the 10 meter isobath covers an area of 300,000 mu. The suitable breeding area of 20-meter isobath is 654.38 0 million mu.

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Rizhao is a young city, 1989 was founded less than 30 years ago. Rizhao is known as "Oriental Sun City" and "Hawaii is inferior to it". Golden beach is 60 kilometers from south to north along the coast. Blue sky, blue sea and golden sand beach are the signs of Rizhao tourism, and Rizhao has both sea, mountain, ancient and forest. There are 64 kilometers of high-quality beaches on the 100-kilometer coastline of China, which is praised by experts as "the only unpolluted gold coast in China".

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