Editing Weihai (section)

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| native_name              = 威海市
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| image1                   = Gate of happiness 山东 威海 - panoramio.jpg
| image2                   = Weihai Zhengfu.jpg
| image3                   = 天鹅湖 - panoramio (1).jpg
| image4                   = 落日余晖中的石岛宾馆【路人】 - panoramio.jpg
| image5                   = 成山头 - altar-fountain complex with statues of various Chinese gods in Weihai, Shandong.jpg
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| image_caption            = '''Left to right, top to bottom:''' Weihai skyline with the Gate of Happiness in the foreground, city hall of Weihai, swans on Yangyuchi Bay, a beach in [[Rongcheng, Shandong|Rongcheng County]], altar fountain to the Great Sun Goddess and Ancestral Mother at Chengshan Peak
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| seat                     = [[Huancui District]]
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| leader_title             = CCP Secretary
| leader_name              = Yan Jianbo ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|闫剑波}})
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| leader_name1             = Kong Fanping ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|孔凡萍}})
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| area_footnotes           = <ref name="hongheiku">{{cite web
  |url = https://www.hongheiku.com/xianjirank/
  |script-title=zh:最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com
  |publisher = 红黑人口库
  |language = Chinese
  |access-date = 12 January 2021}}</ref>
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| area_urban_km2           = 2605.9
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| elevation_ft             = 145
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| population_as_of         = 2020 census
| population_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/shandong/admin/|title=China: Shāndōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref>
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| population_total         = 2,906,548
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| population_metro         = 1,164,730
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| population_urban         = 1,728,259
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| demographics_type2   = GDP<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shandong Statistical Yearbook-2016|url=http://www.stats-sd.gov.cn/tjnj/nj2016/indexch.htm|website=www.stats-sd.gov.cn}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = [[Prefecture-level city]] 
| demographics2_info1 = [[Renminbi|CN¥]] 364&nbsp;billion<br />[[US$]] 55&nbsp;billion
| demographics2_title2 = Per capita
| demographics2_info2 = CN¥ 128,774<br />US$ 19,460 
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| timezone                 = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]]
| utc_offset               = +08:00
| coor_pinpoint            = Weihai municipal government
| coordinates              = {{coord|37.5133|N|122.1205|E|type:adm2nd_region:CN-37_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}}
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| postal_code              = 264200
| area_code                = 631
| blank2_name              = [[Licence plates of the People's Republic of China|License Plate]] Prefix
| blank2_info              = {{lang|zh-cn|鲁K}}
| blank3_name              = [[Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China|Administrative division code]]
| blank3_info              = 371000
| iso_code                 = [[ISO 3166-2:CN|CN-SD-10]]
| website                  = [http://www.weihai.gov.cn/ www.weihai.gov.cn]
| footnotes                = City Flower:	Sweet Osmanthus, [[Osmanthus fragrans]]<br/>City Tree: Silk Tree, [[Albizia julibrissin]]
}}
'''Weihai''' ({{lang-zh|t={{linktext|威海}}|p=Wēihǎi}}), formerly '''Weihaiwei''' ({{lang-zh|s={{linktext|威海|卫}}|p=Wēihǎiwèi|l=Mighty Sea Fort|first=t}}), is a [[prefecture-level city]] and major seaport city in the easternmost [[Shandong]] province of China. It borders [[Yantai]] to the west and the [[Yellow Sea]] to the east, and is the closest mainland Chinese city to [[South Korea]] (specifically, [[Chengshan]] to [[Yeonpyeongdo]]).

Compared with the 2,804,771 people in the [[2010 Chinese census]], there has been a total increase of 101,777 people over the past decade, an increase of 3.63%, with an average annual growth rate of 0.36%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-09 |title=Announcement of the Seventh National Population Census of Weihai City |url=https://www.weihai.gov.cn/art/2021/6/9/art_58817_2610425.html |website=Weihai Municipal People's Government}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-31 |title=Population data of Weihai City |url=https://www.hongheiku.com/shandong/379.html |website=Red Black Kouku}}</ref> Weihai's population was 2,906,548 as of the [[2020 Chinese census]], of whom 1,164,730 lived in the current built-up (''or metro'') area of ([[Huancui District]]) even though [[Wendeng, Shandong|Wendeng]] district to the south with 563,529 inhabitants is soon being conurbated. There are two county-level cities within Weihai; [[Rongcheng, Shandong|Rongcheng]] had a built up area with 714,211 inhabitants, while [[Rushan, Shandong|Rushan]] had 464,078 inhabitants in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=威海市人民政府 今日威海 威海市第七次全国人口普查公报 |url=https://www.weihai.gov.cn/art/2021/6/9/art_58817_2610425.html |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.weihai.gov.cn}}</ref>