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Dongying a prefecture-level city, lies on the northern (Bohai Sea) coast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Dongying is home to the Shengli Oilfield which after the Daqing oilfield is the second largest oilfield in China. The city lies in the northern part of Shandong Province, in the Yellow River Delta area. It neighbors the Bohai Sea in the east and north. The Yellow River flows through nine provinces, and then meets the sea in Kenli County of the City. Due to the time difference between the formation of land and administrative systems, the history of the different regions of Dongying varies greatly. Its southern area was inhabited by human settlers more than five thousand years ago, and counties were established in its western part from the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC-476BC) to the Warring States Period (476BC-221BC). However, the northern area, which is formed by the deposition of the Yellow River, has a much shorter history of only hundreds of years. Dongying City was established in 1983 for the development of the petroleum industry of the region.