About Shandong
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Shandong (Simplified Chinese: 山东; Traditional Chinese: 山東; pinyin: Shāndōng; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is Lu, after the state of Lu that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period.
Shandong's name literally means "mountains' east", which refers to the province's location east of the Taihang Mountains. The province is located in the lower reaches of the Huang He (Yellow River) and extends out to sea in the form of the Shandong Peninsula. Shandong borders the Bohai Bay to the north, Hebei to the northwest, Henan to the west, Jiangsu to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the southeast; it also shares a very short border with Anhui, between Henan and Jiangsu.
A common nickname for Shandong is Qílǔ (齐鲁/齊魯), after the state of Lu and state of Qi that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period.
Administrative divisions
Shandong is divided into 17 prefecture-level divisions, all of them prefecture-level cities:
Jinan (Simplified Chinese: 济南市; Traditional Chinese: 濟南市; Hanyu pinyin: Jǐnán Shì)
Qingdao (青島市 (青岛市) Qīngdǎo Shì)
Liaocheng (聊城市 Liáochéng Shì)
Dezhou (德州市 Dézhōu Shì)
Dongying (東營市 (东营市) Dōngyíng Shì)
Zibo (淄博市 Zībó Shì)
Weifang (潍坊市 Wéifāng Shì)
Yantai (煙臺市 (烟台市) Yāntái Shì)
Weihai (威海市 Wēihǎi Shì)
Rizhao (日照市 Rìzhào Shì)
Linyi (臨沂市 (临沂市) Línyí Shì)
Zaozhuang (棗莊市 (枣庄市) Zǎozhuāng Shì)
Jining (濟寧市 (济宁市) Jìníng Shì)
Tai'an (泰安市 Tài'ān Shì)
Laiwu (萊蕪市 (莱芜市) Láiwú Shì)
Binzhou (濱州市 (滨州市) Bīnzhōu Shì)
Heze (菏澤市 (菏泽市) Hézé Shì)
The 17 prefecture-level divisions of Shandong are subdivided into 140 county-level divisions (49 districts, 31 county-level cities, and 60 counties). Those are in turn divided into 1941 township-level divisions (1223 towns, 293 townships, 2 ethnic townships, and 423 subdistricts).
See List of administrative divisions of Shandong for a complete list of county-level divisions. |
