Qingdao - Administrative Divisions

Administrative Divisions

The sub-provincial city of Qingdao has direct jurisdiction over 7 districts (区 qu) and 5 county-level cities (市 shi):

Subdivision		Population	Land area	Post Code	Admin. Area Code*
		as of 2010	km²
Qingdao City Proper
■ Shinan-qu	市南区 / 市南區	544,800	30.01	266000	370202
■ Shibei-qu	市北区 / 市北區	558,200	28.63	266000	370203
■ Sifang-qu	四方区 / 四方區	462,500	34.55	266000	370205
■ Licang-qu	李沧区 / 李滄區	512,400	95.52	266000	370213
Qingdao Suburban and Rural
■ Laoshan-qu	崂山区 / 嶗山區	379,500	389.34	266100	370212
■ Chengyang-qu	城阳区 / 城陽區	737,200	553.2	266000	370214
■ Huangdao-qu	黄岛区 / 黃島區	524,200	274.1	266000	370211
■ Jiaozhou-shi	胶州市 / 膠州市	843,100	1210	266300	370281
■ Jiaonan-shi	胶南市 / 膠南市	868,400	1846	266400	370284
■ Jimo-shi	即墨市 / 即墨市	1,177,200	1727	266200	370282
■ Pingdu-shi	平度市 / 平度市	1,357,400	3166	266700	370283
■ Laixi-shi	莱西市 / 萊西市	750,200	1522	266600	370285

*These codes are also being used by ID cards.

Geographically, Shinan is viewed as the old downtown, located in the south of Qingdao city proper, while Sifang and Shibei are located in the center of the city with Shibei designated as the new downtown, and Licang located further up the peninsula in the outskirts of the city. In 2003, the percentage of Qingdao's population in these four districts was 21.0 percent, 20.8 percent, 16.8 percent, and 12.5 percent, respectively.