- Shandong Name Meaning:
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- Shan: Mountains
- Dong: East
- Province Capital: Jinan
- Largest City: Qingdao
- Governor: Lin Wu (林武)
- CPC Committee Secretary: Lin Wu (林武)
- Population: 102,250,000 (2023 estimate)
- Shandong remains the second most populous province in China.
- Density: 652/sq km (2023 estimate)
- Population History of Shandong:
- 1898: 36,247,835
- 1936: 38,029,294
- 1953: 48,876,548
- 1982: 74,419,000
- 1990: 83,430,000
- 2020: 101,527,453
- Ethnic Groups:
- Han: 99%
- Hui, Manchu, Korean, and Others: 1%
- (The percentage of Han has increased, reflecting recent demographic data.)
- Area: 157,100 sq km
- Border Provinces:
- Hebei: Northwest
- Henan: West
- Anhui: Southwest
- Jiangsu: South
- Sea Borders:
- Climate:
- Temperate Monsoon Climate
- Average Temperatures:
- January: -5 to 1 °C (23 to 34 °F)
- July: 24 to 28 °C (75 to 82 °F)
- Shandong experiences moist summers with abundant rainfall and dry, cold winters.
- Terrain:
- Mostly flat, with central Shandong featuring the Taishan Mountain Range.
- Highest Peak:
- Jade Emperor Peak (玉皇顶), Mount Tai (Tai Shan)
- Height: 1,545 m (5,069 ft)
- Administrative Divisions:
- Shandong is divided into 16 prefecture-level divisions, all prefecture-level cities:
- Jinan, Qingdao, Zibo, Zaozhuang, Dongying, Yantai, Weifang, Jining, Tai’an, Weihai, Rizhao, Laiwu, Linyi, Dezhou, Liaocheng, Binzhou, Heze
- Note: In 2019, Laiwu was merged into Jinan, reducing the number of prefecture-level cities from 17 to 16.
