Yingkou, China

Yingkou is a port city on the Gulf of Bo Hai in Liaoning Province, 400 miles northeast of China's capital, Beijing. Yingkou is a city with a regional population of approximately 2.2 million people.

Yingkou was formerly known as Newchwang (Chinese: 牛庄; pinyin: Niúzhuāng; Manchu: Ishangga gašan hoton) - one of the Treaty Ports opened under the Treaties of Tianjin of 1858. In fact the town of Newchwang was about thirty miles upstream of Liao He. After the treaty had been signed, the British found that the river near Newchwang was too shallow for their ships. Instead, the treaty port was moved to the area nearer to the river mouth where today's Yingkou is located. More >>

Yingkou twinned with Jacksonville, Florida in 1990.