Shandong

Shandong  (simplifeed Cheenese: 山东; traditeeonal Cheenese: 山東; pinyin: Shāndōng; Wade–Giles: Shan¹-tung¹) is a coastal province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, an is pairt o the East Cheenae region.

Shandong Province 山东省
Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	山东省 (Shāndōng Shěng)
• Abbreviation	鲁 (pinyin: Lǔ)
Map shawin the location o Shandong Province
Named for	山 shān - mountain 东 dōng - east "east of the Taihang Mountains"
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Jinan
Divisions	17 prefecturs, 140 coonties, 1941 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Jiang Yikang
• Govrenor	Jiang Daming
Area
• Total	157168 km2 (60,683 sq mi)
Area rank	20t
Population  (2010)
• Total	95,793,065
• Rank	2nt
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Density rank	5t
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han - 99.3% Hui - 0.6%
ISO 3166 code	CN-37
GDP (2011)	CNY 4.50 trillion US$ 711 billion (3rd)
• per capita	CNY 47,260 US$ 7,317 (9t)
HDI (2008)	0.828 (high) (8t)
Website	www.sd.gov.cn

References

Freemit airtins

• The Grand Canal in Shandong Province Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Shandong Govrenment wabsteid (in Cheenese)
• Travel guide tae Shandong frae Wikivoyage