Tai'an is located in the middle of Shandong Province. Because of its important geographical position and convenient traffic conditions, Tai'an becomes the indispensable part of the Eastern Coastal Economy Belt and the Economic Zone around the Bohai Sea. Tai'an is in the region from longitude 116°02' to 117°59' east and latitude 35°38' to 36°28' north, with 176.6 kilometers in length from east to west and 93.5 kilometers in width from south to north, covering an area of 7,762 square kilometers. It consists of two districts (Taishan District and Daiyue District), two county-level cities (Xintai City and Feicheng City) and two counties (Ningyang County and Dongping County), having a population of 5.5 million people.