Muping District (), formerly also known as Ninghai or Ninghaichow, is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
administered by the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China' ...
of
Yantai
Yantai, formerly known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao on the ...
,
Shandong province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
, People's Republic of China, and is the easternmost
county-level division
The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, ther ...
of Yantai.
Administrative divisions
As 2012, this district is divided to 3 subdistricts and 10 towns.
;Subdistricts
*Ninghai Subdistrict ()
*Wenhua Subdistrict ()
*Yangmadao Subdistrict ()
;Towns
References
Bibliography
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County-level divisions of Shandong
Yantai
Districts of China
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