Laiwu is a prefecture-level city

Prefecture-level city

A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...

 in central Shandong

Shandong

' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...

 Province

Province (China)

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, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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. The smallest prefecture-level city in the province, it borders the provincial capital of Jinan

Jinan

Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub...

 to the north, Zibo

Zibo

Zibo is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the west, Laiwu and Tai'an to the southwest, Linyi to the south, Weifang to the east, Dongying to the northeast, and Binzhou the north.Located in the middle part...

 to the east and Tai'an

Tai'an

Tai'an is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong province, People's Republic of China.Centered around Mount Tai, the city borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Laiwu to the northeast, Zibo to the east, Linyi to the southeast, Liaocheng to the extreme west and Jining to the south...

 to the southwest.

Administration

The prefecture-level city

Prefecture-level city

A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...

 of Laiwu administers 2 county-level divisions, both of which are districts.

• Laicheng District
  Laicheng District
  Laicheng is a district of Laiwu in the Chinese province of Shandong.Taishan has an area of 1,910 km² and around one million inhabitants .- External links :* *...
  
   (莱城区)
• Gangcheng District
  Gangcheng District
  Gangcheng is a district of Laiwu in the Chinese province of Shandong.Taishan has an area of 336 km² and around 240,000 inhabitants . It is the centre and administrative capital of Tai'an.- External links :*...
  
   (钢城区)
• provincial economic development zone (省级经济开发区)

These are further divided into 19 township-level divisions, including 14 towns, 1 townships and 4 subdistrict

Subdistrict

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s.

External links

• Government website of Laiwu (available in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean)
• Local portal of Laiwu (available in Chinese)
• Laigang Iron and Steel Company（state-owned） (available in Chinese)
• Civilisation&Education forum of Laiwu High School Student (available in Chinese)
• One of the editors' blogs (available in Chinese)