Qídōng

Qidong was a county town on the Shandong plain, at the meeting of a Yellow River waterway and north–south land routes. The Jin established a town here, and the Yuan created Qidong County in 1253 from parts of Zouping and Zhangqiu. Under the Ming and Qing it belonged to Jinan prefecture. Its position encouraged trade, and in the Qing period the county town became prosperous enough to be known as Little Jinan.