Laiwu
Former prefecture-level city in Shandong, China
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Laiwu (simplified Chinese: 莱芜; traditional Chinese: 萊蕪; pinyin: Láiwú) was a prefecture-level city in central Shandong Province, China. Bordered the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Zibo to the east and Tai'an to the southwest, it was the smallest prefecture-level city in the province. It had a population of 1,298,529 as of the 2010 census, all living in the built-up (or metro) area made of 2 urban Districts and became part of Jinan in 2019[1] and 907,839 living in urban area.
| Laiwu 莱芜市 | |||||||||
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| Prefecture-level city of China | |||||||||
| 1992–2019 | |||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||
• | 2,246.21 km2 (867.27 sq mi) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1992 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 2019 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Jinan, Shandong | ||||||||
| Laiwu | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 萊蕪 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 莱芜 | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Laiwu | ||||||||||||
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Administration
The prefecture-level city of Laiwu administered two county-level divisions, both of which were districts.
- Laicheng District (莱城区; 萊城區)
- Gangcheng District (钢城区; 鋼城區)
They were further divided into 19 township-level divisions, including 14 towns, one townships and four subdistricts.
Since 1 January 2019, Laiwu was merged into Jinan which is the capital city of Shandong province and is no longer a prefecture-level city.
