What is "lutai"

Lutai is a town in and the seat of Ninghe County, in the northeast of Tianjin, People's Republic of China. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was the terminus for the Lutai Canal and the first extension of the Kaiping Tramway. By road, it is from Tianjin Binhai International Airport, from downtown Tianjin, and from downtown Beijing. , it had 28 residential communities and 37 villages under its administration.