Sichuan

Sichuan
Cheenese	四川
Hanyu Pinyin	Sìchuān
	Si4cuan1
Postal	Szechwan or Szechuan
Transcriptions
Staundart Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Sìchuān
IPA	[sɨ̂tʂʰwán]
ither Mandarin
Sichuanese Pinyin	Si4cuan1
Wu
Romanieation	sy3tshoe1
Hakka
Romanisation	Si-tshôn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	sei3cyun1
Soothren Min
Hokkien POJ	Sù-chhoan

Sichuan Province
Sichuan Province; 四川省
	Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	四川省 (Sìchuān Shěng)
• Abbreviation	川 or 蜀 (pinyin: Chuān or Shǔ ; Sichuanese: Cuan1 or Su2)
•	Sichuanese: Si4cuan1 Sen3
	Map shawin the location o Sichuan Province
Named for	Short for 川峡四路 chuānxiá sìlù ; literally "The Fower Circuits; o the Rivers an Gorges",; referrin tae the fower circuits durin the Song Dynasty
Caipital; (an lairgest ceety)	Chengdu
Divisions	21 prefecturs, 181 coonties, 5011 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Liu Qibao
• Govrenor	Jiang Jufeng
Area
• Total	485000 km2 (187,000 sq mi)
Area rank	5t
Population (2010)
• Total	80,418,200
• Rank	4t
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
• Density rank	22nt
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han - 95% ; Yi - 2.6% ; Tibetan - 1.5% ; Qiang - 0.4%
• Leids an dialects	Sichuanese Mandarin
ISO 3166 code	CN-51
GDP (2011)	CNY 2.15 trillion; US$ 340 billion (9th)
• per capita	CNY 21,182; US$ 3,129 (25t)
HDI (2008)	0.763 (medium) (24t)
Website	http://www.sichuan.gov.cn/ ; (Simplified Chinese)

Sichuan (help·info) (Cheenese: 四川, kent umwhile in the Wast bi its postal map spellins o Szechwan or Szechuan) is a province in Soothwast Cheenae wi its caipital in Chengdu. The current name o the province, "四川", is an abbreviation o "四川路" (Sì Chuānlù), or "Fower circuits o rivers", which is itsel abbreviatit frae "川峡四路" (Chuānxiá Sìlù), or "Fower circuits o rivers an gorges", namit efter the diveesion o the existin circuit intae fower durin the Northren Song Dynasty.^[1]

This airticle conteens Cheenese text. Ithoot proper renderin support, ye micht can see quaisten merks, boxes, or ither seembols insteid o Cheenese chairacters.

Notes eedit

↑ (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.

Economic data'

Economic profile for Sichuan at HKTDC

Freemit airtins eedit

Sichuan Govrenment wabsteid
Travel guide tae Sichuan frae Wikivoyage
Sichuan Poverty Network Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
Sichuan Travel Information Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.

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