# Laiwu, Jinan

Laiwu District (simplified Chinese: 莱芜区; traditional Chinese: 萊蕪區; pinyin: Láiwú Qū) is one of 10 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, East China.
It has an area of 1,906.89 km$^2$ (736.25 sq mi) and 989,535 inhabitants as of 2010 census. Nevertheless, its built-up area made of Laiwu District and Gangcheng District (the previous Laiwu city) was home to 1,298,529 inhabitants.
In January 2019, the Shandong provincial government announced in a decision that Laiwu Prefecture-level City was absorbed by Jinan. Laicheng District was renamed to Laiwu District under Jinan's administration.

## Administrative divisions

As 2012, Laicheng District is divided to 4 subdistricts, 10 towns and 1 townships.

### Subdistricts

| Fengcheng Subdistrict (凤城街道) Zhangjiawa Subdistrict (张家洼街道) | Gaozhuang Subdistrict (高庄街道) Pengquan Subdistrict (鹏泉街道) Kouzhen Subdistrict (口镇街道) |

### Towns

| Yangli (羊里镇) Fangxia (方下镇) Niuquan (牛泉镇) Miaoshan (苗山镇) | Xueye (雪野镇) Dawangzhuang (大王庄镇) Zhaili (寨里镇) Yangzhuang (杨庄镇) Chayekou (茶业口镇) |

### Townships

* Hezhuang Township (和庄乡)

## Climate

Climate data for Laiwu District, elevation 229 m (751 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.1 (70.0) | 28.5 (83.3) | 32.9 (91.2) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.7 (101.7) | 39.9 (103.8) | 36.6 (97.9) | 35.7 (96.3) | 33.9 (93.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 39.9 (103.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) | 7.5 (45.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 21.0 (69.8) | 26.6 (79.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.0 (86.0) | 26.3 (79.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 5.5 (41.9) | 19.1 (66.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) | 1.9 (35.4) | 7.9 (46.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.8 (69.4) | 25.0 (77.0) | 26.6 (79.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 14.7 (58.5) | 7.1 (44.8) | 0.5 (32.9) | 13.7 (56.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.4 (22.3) | −2.5 (27.5) | 2.8 (37.0) | 9.4 (48.9) | 15.2 (59.4) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.7 (72.9) | 21.6 (70.9) | 16.6 (61.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 2.9 (37.2) | −3.3 (26.1) | 9.2 (48.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −17.0 (1.4) | −10.3 (13.5) | −3.8 (25.2) | 2.4 (36.3) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.0 (53.6) | 6.3 (43.3) | −3.6 (25.5) | −12.4 (9.7) | −18.0 (−0.4) | −19.3 (−2.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.6 (0.22) | 11.8 (0.46) | 13.1 (0.52) | 30.2 (1.19) | 54.5 (2.15) | 94.3 (3.71) | 190.3 (7.49) | 183.9 (7.24) | 69.1 (2.72) | 28.1 (1.11) | 25.2 (0.99) | 8.5 (0.33) | 714.6 (28.13) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 76.5 |
| Average snowy days | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 12.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 56 | 53 | 49 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 74 | 76 | 69 | 63 | 62 | 59 | 60 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 158.4 | 159.8 | 207.1 | 228.0 | 250.7 | 212.5 | 175.7 | 180.5 | 184.3 | 189.6 | 161.7 | 158.4 | 2,266.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 51 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 57 | 49 | 40 | 44 | 50 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 52 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Notable villages

* Beishanyang