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Bohai Sea

Bo Hai (Chinese: 渤海; Hanyu Pinyin: Bóhăi; Wade-Giles: Po-hai literally "Bo Sea"), also known as Bohai Sea or Bohai Bay, is the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea on the coast of northeastern China. It is approximately 823,000 km², its proximity to Beijing, the capital of China, make it one of the busiest seaways in the world.

In recent decades, petroleum and natural gas deposits have been discovered in Bo Hai.

Bohai Sea - Geography

The gulf is formed by the Liaodong Peninsula to the northeast and the Shandong Peninsula to the south. Bo Hai consists of three bays: Laizhou Bay to the south, Liaodong Bay to the north, and Bohai Bay to the west. The rivers Huang He, Liao He, and Hai He empty into Bo Hai.

Bo Hai borders the Chinese provinces of Shandong, Liaoning, and Hebei, and Tianjin municipality. Port cities on Bo Hai coast include:

• Hebei: Qinhuangdao
• Liaoning: Dalian, Huludao, Jinzhou, Yingkou
• Shandong: Longkou, Weihai, Yantai
• Tianjin: Tanggu

Islands include:

• Zhifu Island, part of Yantai City, Shandong Province

Bohai Sea - History

Bohai was a kingdom in Manchuria and northern Korea, from AD 698 to 926.

In literature before early 20th century, Bo Hai was sometimes called Gulf of Chih-li. Chih-li (contemporary Wade-Giles for Zhili) was an old name for Hebei Province.

Categories: Metropolitan areas of China | Gulfs | Bays of China

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