Shandong

Shandong
	Provinces
Shandong
	whale. Exercise 山东 , Pinyin : Shāndōng
A country	People's Republic of China
Adm. center	Jinan
History and Geography
Area	;
Timezone
The largest city	Jinan
Economy
GDP · a place; ;	1.55 trillion yuan ( 2004 ) 2nd place;
Population
Population	95 793 065 people ( 2010 );
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 Code

Shandong ( Chinese: р , pinyin : Shāndōng , literally: “east of the mountains”) is a province in the east of China . The administrative center is the city of Jinan . The largest city and port is Qingdao . Other large and historically significant cities: Taian at the foot of the sacred Taishan mountain, Weifang , the resorts of Weihai and Yantai , the birthplace of Confucius is the historic city of Qufu , a large industrial center and the Zibo railway junction and others. The population is 95,793,065 people (2nd among provinces; 2010 data).

Content

1 Geography
2 History
3 Administrative divisions
4 References

Geography

Taishan Mountain.

The area occupied by the province is 156,219 km² (19th place).

History

For the first time, the toponym “Shandong” appeared during the time of the Jurchen Jin empire, when the “Eastern Shandong Province” (山东东路, the administrative center is Idu ) and the “Western Province of Shandong” (山东西路, the administrative center is Dongping ) were formed.

The single province of Shandong first appeared only during the Ming Empire; at that time, it included the Liaodong Peninsula . After the Manchu conquest of China, these lands became part of the Qing Empire, and the province, having lost Liaodong, acquired almost modern borders.

In the middle of the 20th century, when a full-blown civil war unfolded in China after the surrender of Japan, the mountainous regions of Shandong remained one of the main bases of the Chinese Communists. Fully Kuomintang troops were expelled from Shandong by June 1949. The created by the Communists during the partisan struggle became the basis of the Handan Special Region, formed in August 1949, and therefore part of the lands that were part of the Shandong Province before the war, became part of the Hebei Province.

After the formation of the PRC by the new authorities , the Pingyuan province was created in the center of the country, but already in 1952 it was disbanded, and its eastern lands were annexed to Shandong province. Then, in 1952, the border between the provinces of Shandong and Hebei was changed, and since then the province has acquired a modern shape. In addition, after the formation of the PRC, Xuzhou and Lianyungang were included in the composition of Shandong province, however, in 1953 the province of Jiangsu was formed, and these lands were transferred to its composition.

In 2019, Laiu City District was annexed to Jinan; its Gaicheng district retained its name, and the Laicheng district became the Laiu district.

Administrative Division

Administratively, Shandong Province is divided into fourteen urban districts and two cities of sub-provincial significance :

No.	Russian name	Chinese name	Pinyin	Type of

one	Jinan	济南市	Jǐnán shì	sub-provincial town
2	Qingdao	青岛市	Qīngdǎo shì	sub-provincial town
3	Binzhou	滨州市	Bīnzhōu shì	urban district
four	Dezhou	德州市	Dézhōu shì	urban district
5	Dongying	东营市	Dōngyíng shì	urban district
6	Heze	菏泽市	Hezé shì	urban district
7	Jining	济宁市	Jǐníng shì	urban district
8	Zibo	淄博市	Zībó shì	urban district
9	Liaocheng	聊城市	Liáochéng shì	urban district
10	Linyi	临沂市	Línyí shì	urban district
eleven	Rizhao	日照市	Rìzhào shì	urban district
12	Taian	泰安市	Tài'ān shì	urban district
13	Weifang	潍坊市	Wéifāng shì	urban district
fourteen	Weihai	威海市	Wēihǎi shì	urban district
fifteen	Yantai	烟台市	Yāntái shì	urban district
16	Zaozhuang	枣庄市	Zǎozhuāng shì	urban district

Links

Shandong - information about the territory, population and history of changes in the administrative-territorial division on the site 行政区划网(Chinese)