2. Daqin Island is located in the north of Changdao County, in the middle of the Bohai Strait, bordering the Bohai Sea in the west and the Yellow Sea in the east, with a distance of 54 kilometers from Dalian, Liaoning Province in the north and 52.84 kilometers from Penglai, Shandong Province in the south. It is the farthest town in Shandong Province from the mainland. The island has a total land area of 6.44 square kilometers and a coastline of 14.55 kilometers. It governs four administrative villages, namely Dongcun, Beicun, Nancun and Xiaohao Village, with a total population of 4,580. As early as 6,000-7,000 years ago, people lived on the island, and four sites, including tombs and ancient buildings, such as Nanshan site in Dongcun and Santiaogou site in Beicun, have been discovered since the Neolithic Age, among which Dongcun site can be compared with Banpo site in Xi 'an. More than a dozen surname groups in the island migrated from Jiaodong in the middle of Kangxi period and early Qianlong period, and the earliest immigrants came to the island nearly 300 years ago. Before the Republic of China, Daqin Island was under the jurisdiction of Penglai County, the state capital. 1949, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sheqin Island Township governed four villages (including xiaoqin island). 1958, during the period of people's commune, it was transformed into Qindao People's Commune, with five brigades under its jurisdiction. 1984, went to the community to build a township, and xiaoqin island left the township. The organizational system was the Daqin Island Township People's Government, which had four villages under its jurisdiction.