Laoling (), often mispronounced as Leling, is a
county-level city
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...
in the northwest of
Shandong
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province, China, bordering
Hebei
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province to the north. Laoling has more than 640,000 inhabitants (1999) and is under the jurisdiction of
Dezhou
Dezhou () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Liaocheng to the southwest, Binzhou to the northeast, and the province of Hebei ...
City.
Administrative divisions
, this city is divided to 4 subdistricts, 8 towns and 4 townships.
;Subdistricts
;Towns
;Townships
Climate
Transport
Laoling has no train station or airport. The nearest train station is about 80km away, and the nearest airport is about 110km away. However, there are many highways passing through Laoling, especially the famous
G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, which runs through Laoling, making Laoling a city with well-developed road transportation.
* Bus:
** K912 Dezhou-Laoling bus system
** Laoling Long-distance passenger transport center（乐陵长途客运中心）
Industry
The main industries in Laoling include agricultural and sideline processing and seasoning industry, auto parts industry and sports equipment industry mainly led by Taishan Sports Group. In addition to traditional industries, there are also cultural industries such as film and television bases.
Food
File:楽陵金糸小棗.jpg, Chinese date from Laoling
File:黄面鸡.jpg, HuangMianJi
Laoling is famous for
Chinese date. Also Boiled Fried Chicken (HuangMianJi, 黄面鸡) is the local cuisine that often offers during the Spring Festival.
Tourism and residence
Laoling City has a national 4A scenic area “Wanmu Zaolin Forest Tourist Area”, and Laoling Chinese-date museum which is a local museum of Jujube.
There are a number of hotels in Laoling City that offer residential services to tourists from home and abroad.
Education and culture
Laoling has public and private primary and secondary schools and high schools, but no university.
Laoling has a long history and traditional Chinese mainland culture. In 2024, Laoling Film Studio was established in Laoling, shooting wonderful movies and TV series, attracting film and television fans.
References
External links
Laoling official website
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Cities in Shandong
County-level divisions of Shandong
Dezhou