The Shāndōng Peninsula (simplified Chinese: 山东半岛; traditional Chinese: 山東半島) also known as the Jiāodōng Peninsula (胶东半岛; 膠東半島) is a peninsula in the Shāndōng province of northeastern China. A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by Water but connected to Mainland via an Isthmus. ( is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. A province is a territorial unit almost always an Administrative division. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National It marks the southern limit of the Bóhăi Sea. Bo Hai ( also known as Bohai Sea or Bohai Gulf, is the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea on the coast of northeastern China.
Cities on the peninsula include: Qingdao, Yantai and Weihai. Administration The Prefecture-level city of Yantai administers 12 county-level divisions, including 4 districts, 7 county-level cities Administrative divisions The Prefecture-level city of Weihai administers 4 county-level divisions, including 1 districts and 3 county-level cities
The local dialect of Mandarin is known as Jiao-Liao, also spoken on the Liáodōng peninsula to the north across the Bóhăi Sea. The Liáodōng Peninsula ( is a Peninsula in the Liáoníng province of northeastern China, historically known in the west as southern east- Manchuria Bo Hai ( also known as Bohai Sea or Bohai Gulf, is the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea on the coast of northeastern China.