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The name Tai’an is derived from Mount Tai and
implies that “The country is prosperous and the people live
in peace”. Tai’an is located in the eastern coastal economy
belt and the Economic Zone around the Bohai Sea, lying at
the intersection of Shandong Peninsula and the hinterland.
It extends from 116º02´ to 117º59´ longitudes east and from
35º38´ to 36º28´ latitudes north with 176.6 kilometers in
length from east to west and 93.5 kilometers in width from
south to north. Tai’an consists of two districts (Tai
District and Daiyue District), two county-level cities (Xintai
City and Feicheng City) and two counties (Ningyang County
and Dongping County), covering an area of 7,762 square
kilometers with a population of 5.5 million people. Tai’an,
along with Mount Tai and its beautiful natural scenery, has
been honored with “An Excellent Tourist City of China” and
“A National Sanitary City”.
Situated in the continental half-moist
monsoon climate district of the Temperate Zone, Tai’an
enjoys a pleasant climate with an annual average total solar
radiation amount of 117.9 kilocalories/square centimeter, an
annual average sunshine time of 2627.1 hours, an annual
average temperature of 12.9℃ and an annual average
precipitation of 697mm. The usable total amount of annual
average water resource is 1.92 billion cubic meters, among
them the amount usable of surface water is 1.39 billion
cubic meters.
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