Rizhao is called Rizhao, is to take the meaning of the sunrise first light first light.
1184 set up Rizhao County, 1985, set up county-level Rizhao City, 1989 upgraded to prefecture-level city, 1992 set up district with county. Rizhao, located in the middle of the main axis of China's coast, east of the Yellow Sea and Japan, South Korea; west of Linyi City; north of Qingdao City, Weifang City; south of Lianyungang.
Rizhao is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, with Donggang District, Lanshan District, Ju County, and Wulian County under its jurisdiction as of the end of 2020, with a total area of 5,374.90 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, Rizhao had a household population of 3,079,100, and on October 6, 2009, it received the United Nations Habitat Award for outstanding habitat and ecological planning.
Topography and Geomorphology
Rizhao City belongs to the hilly area of Ludong, with a general topography that is backed by mountains and facing the sea, high in the center and low all around, tilting slightly to the southeast, and with mountains, hills, and plains distributed one after another. The highest point for the Wulian County territory of Maer Mountain, 706 meters above sea level; the lowest point for the Donggang District East Haiyu Village, 1 ~ 1.5 meters above sea level. Mountains account for 17.5% of the total area, hills for 57.2% and plains for 25.3%. Rizhao is located on the seashore and has a variety of landforms within its territory, including plains, hills, waters, wetlands, oceans and other rich and diverse natural landscapes.
Rizhao City is the Ludong hills, the general terrain of the back of the mountains facing the sea, the central high around the bottom, slightly tilted to the southeast, mountains, hills, plains are distributed. The highest point for the Wulian County territory of Maer Mountain, 706 meters above sea level; the lowest point for the Donggang District Donghaiyu Village, 1 ~ 1.5 meters above sea level. Mountains account for 17.5% of the total area, hills account for 57.2%, and plains account for 25.3%.