Jiangsu

Jiangsu Province
Jiangsu Province; 江苏省
	Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	江苏省 (Jiāngsū Shěng)
• Abbreviation	苏 (pinyin: Sū)
	Map shawin the location o Jiangsu Province
Named for	江 jiāng - Jiangning (now Nanjing) ; 苏 sū - Suzhou
Caipital; (an lairgest ceety)	Nanjing
Divisions	13 prefecturs, 106 coonties, 1488 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Liang Baohua
• Govrenor	Luo Zhijun
Area
• Total	102600 km2 (39,600 sq mi)
Area rank	25t
Population (2010)
• Total	78,659,903
• Rank	5t
• Density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
• Density rank	4t
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han - 99.6% ; Hui - 0.2%
• Leids an dialects	Mandarin Cheenese, Wu Cheenese
ISO 3166 code	CN-32
GDP (2011)	CNY 4.80 trillion; US$ 750 billion (2nt)
• per capita	CNY 61,022; US$ 9,535 (4t)
HDI (2008)	0.837 (high) (6t)
Website	http://www.jiangsu.gov.cn/

Jiangsu (help·info) (simplifeed Cheenese: 江苏; traditeeonal Cheenese: 江蘇; pinyin: Jiāngsū; Wade–Giles: Chiang-su; Postal map spellin: Kiangsu) is an eastern coastal province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. The name comes frae jiang, short for the ceety o Jiangning (nou Nanjing), an su, for the ceety o Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" (sū), the seicont character o its name.^[2] It is the province wi the heichest population density in Cheenae, though the provincial-level municipalities o Shanghai, Beijing, an Tianjin hae a heicher density.

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