Place:Yingkou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China

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NameYingkou
Alt namesDashiqiaosource: Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-196
Newchangsource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 351
Niuchwangsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 1362
Ying-k'ousource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 360
Yingkowsource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 360
TypeCity
Coordinates40.667°N 122.283°E
Located inLiaoning, People's Republic of China
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Yingkou is a coastal prefecture-level city of central southern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, on the northeastern shore of Liaodong Bay. It is the third-smallest city in Liaoning with a total area of , and the ninth most populous with a population of 2,328,582 as of the 2020 census, of whom 1,228,198 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of three urban districts (Zhanqian, Xishi and Laobian) and one county-level city (Dashiqiao). It borders the sub-provincial city of Dalian to the south, the prefectural cities of Anshan to the north and east and Panjin to the northwest, and also shares maritime boundaries with Jinzhou and Huludao across the Liaodong Bay to its west.

Located on the east bank of the Daliao River mouth, Yingkou is an important port city, with the Port of Yingkou being the second-largest container port in the Bohai Sea (after the Port of Tianjin) and Northeast China (after the Port of Dalian), the tenth-largest nationwide, and the 25th-busiest worldwide.

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