Huludao

Huludao is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning Province, China. It is one of the two municipal cities (the other one is Jinzhou) in the Liaoxi Corridor . Founded as a municipality in 1989 (first called Jinxi，then renamed Huludao in 1994), Huludao has a total area of 10,415 square kilometers, a population of 2.73 million up to 2004.

Geography
Huludaos central geographical coordinates are at 120°38 east longitude and 40°56 north latitude. It lies in the southwest of Liaoning Province, with Jinzhou city on its east, Shanhai Pass  on its west, and Liaodong Bay (East Liaoning Bay) of the Bohai Sea on its south, forming the Bohai Sea economic rim with such cities as Dalian, Yingkou, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, etc. As the first city outside the Shanhai Pass, it is situated at such a key junction that it serves as the west gate of the Northeast.

Huludao is situated in the north temperate zone with a continental monsoon climate. It has a frost-free period of 175 days and sunshine time of 2600- 2800 hours all year around. Its annually average precipitation is 550-650mm and temperature is 8.5-9.5℃

History
The area now ocuppied by Huludao city became a county in 1906. It is called Jinxin
county in most of the time before 1982. It became Jinxi city in 1982, and then became Jinxi municipal city in 1989. The city is renamed to Huludao, which is the name of the peninsula as well as the harbor inside the city area, in 1994.

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