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Huang County was the center of the ancient Dongyi state of Lai during China's Zhou dynasty. Under the Qing, it was administered as part of Dengzhou (now Penglai).

Longkou is a coastal harbour city adjacent to Penglai city and Yantai urban area to the east, linked to Qingdao to the south. Its administrative area (county level city) covers and contains a coastline of
The city can be roughly divided into four major built up areas: a central urban area, Longkou harbour city, Donghai and Nanshan. At the west coast of Longkou, there is one of China's largest land reclamation projects under development. It will encompass six artificial islands with an extent of approx. 10 to 10 km. Longkou is quite mountainous in the south and flat plains to the north. It has with low hills in the southeast and littoral plains in the northwest. There are mountains and rivers surrounding Longkou. The annual average temperature within the city is 11.7 °C. Although longkou has pleasant temperature in summer, it could be extremely cold during winter

Longkou is well known for its production of cellophane noodles, it is home to the New Dragon Asia Corporation head office as well as the Nanshan Group, an industrial conglomerate. Longkou is a port city with an international deep water cargo port. It handles over 70.000 tons annually. There is also a number of smaller industrial companies, such as Longkou Beer Equipment Co. In 2021, the regional GDP and general public budget revenue of Longkou City reached 123.66 billion yuan and 11.2 billion yuan respectively, with an annual growth rate of 6.7% and 5% respectively.

Longkou is linked to the national expressway network of China via the G18 expressway (Weifang Yantai) and the new S19 provincial expressway Longkou Qingdao. There will be a highspeed rail connection via Weifang, currently this is still under construction. The closest airport is Yantai airport, about one hour east of Longkou. Within the territory of the DaLailong Railway, Longyan railway and other railway trunk.

Longkou is home to Yantai Nanshan University (烟台南山学院), a private university offering bachelor's and master's degrees and to a bilingual (Chinese English) high school.