Laiwu

Laiwu 莱芜市
Prefecture-level city
Location of Laiwu City (yellow) in Shandong
Laiwu Location in China
Coordinates:
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
Municipal seat	Laicheng District
Government
• Party Secretary	Wang Liang (王良)
• Mayor	Wang Lei (王磊)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	2,246.21 km2 (867.27 sq mi)
• Urban	2,246,21 km2 (86,727 sq mi)
• Metro	1,910 km2 (740 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Prefecture-level city	1,298,529
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Urban	1,298,529
• Urban density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
• Metro	989,535
• Metro density	520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
• Major Nationalities	Han
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	271100
Area code(s)	0634
GDP	¥62.5 billion in total ¥48,000 Per Capita
License Plate Prefix	鲁S
Website	http://www.laiwu.gov.cn

Laiwu (simplified Chinese: 莱芜; traditional Chinese: 萊蕪; pinyin: Láiwú) is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. The smallest prefecture-level city in the province, it borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Zibo to the east and Tai'an to the southwest. Its population was 1,298,529 at the 2010 census whom 989,535 lived in the built-up area made up of Laicheng district, Gangcheng district not being conurbated yet.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Laiwu administers 2 county-level divisions, both of which are districts.

• Laicheng District (莱城区)
• Gangcheng District (钢城区)
• provincial economic development zone (省级经济开发区)

These are further divided into 19 township-level divisions, including 14 towns, 1 townships and 4 subdistricts.

External links

• Government website of Laiwu (available in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean)
• Local portal of Laiwu (available in Chinese)
• Laigang Iron and Steel Company（state-owned） (available in Chinese)
• Civilisation&Education forum of Laiwu High School Student (available in Chinese)
• One of the editors' blogs (available in Chinese)