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Shandong

Shandong is a province in . Also referred to as Chiloo, The Giant State, and the hometown of Confucius. The name means east of the mountains. Shandong is a coastal province situated by the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south.
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, is regarded by some Chinese as one of the most beautiful and cleanest cities in China. With a population of around 7.2 million, it is one of the largest cities in Shandong Province. The name means The Blue/Green Island.

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is the provincial capital of Shandong in . 's nicknames include Quancheng, Qizhou, and Luoyi. It is located in the north-west of the province.

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is a city of 4.7 million people in Shandong. It is a manufacturing center, particularly of ceramics. is a city with a rich historical and cultural legacy, renowned for its ancient roots and vibrant modern life.

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is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of . It is the highest point in Shandong province, China.

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is a city in southeastern Shandong province, , with a long history. It is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. is a second-tier city.

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is a port city on the Shandong coast that still retains some of its colonial charm. The city is fairly small but there is a bustling development zone and large container and shipbuilding ports.

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ƒ is a town in Shandong Province, located about 2 hours by bus from the provincial capital . Famous as the birthplace of Confucius, its Confucius related sites are declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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, also known as Weihaiwei, is a prefectural city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, a regional central city, an important marine industry base and a coastal tourism city on the Shandong Peninsula approved by The State Council.

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is a city in Shandong Province. Modern and new but still retaining its old-school charm, is a unique place to witness the "real China" where the past meets the future in an endless array of complete contradiction and awe-inspiring moments that truly is the essence of the People's Republic of China.

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Tai'an is a prefecture-level city in Shandong. It is famous for , a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tai'an is in the central part of Shandong, with , the provincial capital, to the north, to the south, to the east, and the Yellow River to the west.

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is a city in the southwest of Shandong Province, at the northern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. has rich history and cultural traditions.

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is a seaport city of 1.5 million people in the urban area on the coast south of in the southeast of Shandong.

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is a little city in the north of Shandong province which is an eastern province of . It has the second biggest oil field in China, and the estuary of Yellow River is found here.

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is a city of 5.7 million people in the northwest of Shandong, along the border with . City is a transportation hub at the intersection of the - and Dezhou- railways, and an economic, industrial and trade center in China's Hebei-Shandong border area.

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is a city in southern Shandong Province. is famous for its history of "railway guerrillas" and "Taierzhuang Battle".So there are two tourist attractions set up: "Railway Guerrilla Memorial Park" and "Taierzhuang War Memorial Hall", where you can learn about the relevant history of .

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is a city in Shandong. It is an off-the-beaten track destination, where foreigners are an extreme rarity.

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is a district of in Shandong Province. A former prefecture-level city, it comprises a distinct urban area on the Wen River, to the southeast of the central Jinan regions.

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belongs to City, Shandong Province. is one of the most beautiful eco-tourism demonstration cities in China. There are scenic spots Weishan Lake wetland Red He Scenic area, Longshan, Fox Mountain, Lianqingshan, and Gauteng eight scenery.

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is a city in coastal Shandong. is located in the middle of Shandong Peninsula. has become a tourist destination because of its natural landscape, rich historical culture and local characteristics.

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is a city in Shandong Province in Eastern China. In China, this city is mostly famous for being surrounded by beautiful mountains, including Tou Shan and Yunmen Shan, which includes an ancient collection of Buddhist grottoes under national protection.

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is a city in Shandong. It is best known as the birth place of Mencius, who is the second most revered Confucian philosopher after Confucius himself.

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is a city in Shandong Province in Eastern China. The most notable fact about this city is that a large number of dinosaur fossils have been unearthed here.

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is a coastal resort and city in Shandong. is a historically important city, port and resort located in Shandong not far from . is famous for the Pavillion, one of the 'Four Great Towers of China', a large collection of historical temples and fortifications.

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Taierzhuang（台儿庄） is a district of the city of in Shandong Province, China, known for its ancient city. It is the largest ancient town in China.

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is a city in coastal Shandong, offering a unique blend of urban development and natural beauty. Located in the heart of Shandong Province, it is surrounded by the bustling cities of , , , and , making it an ideal gateway for exploring the region.

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or Cao County is a county under the jurisdiction of City, Shandong Province. It was called Caozhou in ancient times. The total population in 2017 was about 1.7 million.

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Shan County or is a county in the southwest of Shandong province, China, bordering the provinces of to the southeast and to the southwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of .

Shandong

Latitude of center
36.399° or 36° 23′ 56″ north
Longitude of center
118.5056° or 118° 30′ 20″ east
Population
102,000,000
Elevation
492 metres (1,614 feet)
Abbreviation
“鲁”
United Nations Location Code
CN SAD
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081643
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1796328
Wiki­data ID
Q43407
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zhuang—“Shandong” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Shandong”
  • Achinese: “Shandong”
  • Afrikaans: “Shandong”
  • Afrikaans: “Sjandong”
  • Albanian: “Shandong”
  • Arabic: “شاندونغ”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة شاندونغ”
  • Armenian: “Շանդուն”
  • Asturian: “Shandong”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şantun”
  • Balinese: “Shandong”
  • Basque: “Shandong”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Шаньдун”
  • Belarusian: “Шаньдун (правінцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Шаньдун”
  • Bengali: “শানতুং”
  • Breton: “Shandong”
  • Bulgarian: “Шандонг”
  • Bulgarian: “Шандун”
  • Catalan: “Província de Shandong”
  • Catalan: “Shandong”
  • Catalan: “Shantung”
  • Cebuano: “Shandong Sheng”
  • Central Kurdish: “شاندۆنگ”
  • Chechen: “Шаньдун”
  • Chinese: “Lǔ”
  • Chinese: “Qí”
  • Chinese: “Qílǔ”
  • Chinese: “Shandong Sheng”
  • Chinese: “Shāndōng shěng”
  • Chinese: “Shāndōng”
  • Chinese: “Soaⁿ-tang-séng”
  • Chinese: “山东”
  • Chinese: “山东省”
  • Chinese: “山東”
  • Chinese: “山東省”
  • Chinese: “魯”
  • Chinese: “鲁”
  • Chinese: “齐”
  • Chinese: “齐鲁”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şanduñ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şantung”
  • Croatian: “Shandong”
  • Czech: “Šan-tung”
  • Czech: “Shandong”
  • Danish: “Shandong”
  • Dutch: “Shandong (provincie)”
  • Dutch: “Shandong”
  • Dutch: “Shangdong”
  • Dutch: “Shantung”
  • Dutch: “Sjan-toeng”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝandong”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝandongo”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝandungo”
  • Esperanto: “Shandong”
  • Estonian: “Shandong”
  • Estonian: “Shandongi provints”
  • Finnish: “Šantung”
  • Finnish: “Shandong”
  • French: “Chan-tong”
  • French: “Chan-toung”
  • French: “Chañ-toung”
  • French: “Chang tong”
  • French: “Chantong”
  • French: “Chantoung”
  • French: “Chañtoung”
  • French: “Province de Shandong”
  • French: “Shandong”
  • French: “Shāndōng”
  • French: “Shantung”
  • Galician: “Shandong”
  • Gan Chinese: “山东省”
  • Gan Chinese: “山東”
  • Georgian: “შანდუნი”
  • German: “CN-37”
  • German: “Schantung”
  • German: “Shandong”
  • German: “Shāndōng”
  • German: “Shantung”
  • Greek: “Σαν Τουνγκ”
  • Greek: “Σαν-Τούνγκ”
  • Greek: “Σανντόνγκ”
  • Greek: “Σαντόγκ”
  • Greek: “Σαντόνγκ”
  • Gujarati: “શાનડોંગ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sân-tûng-sén”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sân-tûng”
  • Hebrew: “שאן דונג”
  • Hebrew: “שאן-דונג”
  • Hebrew: “שאנדונג”
  • Hebrew: “שנדונג”
  • Hindi: “शांतुंग”
  • Hindi: “शांदुंग”
  • Hindi: “शानदूंग”
  • Hindi: “शानदोंग प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “शानदोंग प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “शानदोंग”
  • Hindi: “शान्दूंग”
  • Hindi: “शान्दोंग प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “शान्दोंग”
  • Hindi: “शेंडोंग”
  • Hungarian: “Santung”
  • Hungarian: “Shandong”
  • Icelandic: “Shandong”
  • Ido: “Provinco Shandong”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Shandong”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Shāndōng”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Shandong”
  • Indonesian: “Shan-tung”
  • Indonesian: “Shandong”
  • Indonesian: “Shantung”
  • Interlingua: “Shandong”
  • Irish: “Shandong”
  • Italian: “Sciantung”
  • Italian: “Shandong”
  • Japanese: “シャントン”
  • Japanese: “山东省”
  • Japanese: “山東”
  • Japanese: “山東省 (中華人民共和国)”
  • Japanese: “山東省”
  • Kannada: “ಷಾಂಡಾಂಗ್”
  • Kongo: “Shandong”
  • Korean: “산동”
  • Korean: “산동성”
  • Korean: “산둥 성”
  • Korean: “산둥”
  • Korean: “산둥성”
  • Kurdish: “Shandong”
  • Latin: “Xantonia”
  • Latvian: “Šaņduna”
  • Latvian: “Šaņdunas province”
  • Latvian: “Shandong”
  • Literary Chinese: “山東”
  • Lithuanian: “Šandongas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šandongo provincija”
  • Lithuanian: “Shandong”
  • Lombard: “Shandong”
  • Macedonian: “Шандунг”
  • Malagasy: “Shandong”
  • Malay: “Shandong”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Shandong”
  • Malayalam: “ശാൻഡോങ്”
  • Manipuri: “ꯁꯟꯗꯣꯡ”
  • Manx: “Shandong”
  • Marathi: “शांतुंग”
  • Marathi: “शांतोंग”
  • Marathi: “शांदुंग”
  • Marathi: “शांदोंग”
  • Marathi: “षांतुंग”
  • Marathi: “षांतोंग”
  • Mazanderani: “شاندونگ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Săng-dĕ̤ng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Soaⁿ-tang-séng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Soaⁿ-tang”
  • Mingrelian: “შანდუნი”
  • Mongolian: “Шаньдун муж”
  • Mongolian: “Шаньдун”
  • Nepali: “सान्दोङ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Shandong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shan-tung”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shandong provinsen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shandong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shantung”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shandong”
  • Norwegian: “Shandong”
  • Novial: “Shandong”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Shandong”
  • Ossetian: “Шаньдун”
  • Ossetian: “Шаньдунь”
  • Pampanga: “Shandong”
  • Persian: “استان شاندونگ”
  • Persian: “شاندونگ”
  • Polish: “Shandong”
  • Polish: “Szantung”
  • Portuguese: “província de Shandong”
  • Portuguese: “Shandong”
  • Portuguese: “Xantum”
  • Portuguese: “Xantungue”
  • Quechua: “Shandong pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “Shandong”
  • Russian: “Shandong”
  • Russian: “Провинция Шаньдун”
  • Russian: “Шандонг”
  • Russian: “Шандун”
  • Russian: “Шандунь”
  • Russian: “Шаньдун”
  • Russian: “Шаньдунь”
  • Scots: “Shandong”
  • Serbian: “Shandong”
  • Serbian: “Шан-дунг”
  • Serbian: “Шандунг”
  • Serbian: “Шантунг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šandung”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shandong”
  • Sindhi: “شئنڊانگ صوبو”
  • Sinhala: “ශැන්ඩොන්ග්”
  • Slovak: “Šan-tung”
  • Slovenian: “CN-37”
  • Slovenian: “Šandong”
  • Slovenian: “Šantung”
  • Slovenian: “Shandong”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Shandong”
  • Spanish: “Shandong”
  • Spanish: “Shantung”
  • Swahili: “Shandong”
  • Swedish: “Shandong”
  • Swedish: “Shāndōng”
  • Swedish: “Shandongprovinsen”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Shandong”
  • Tagalog: “Shandong”
  • Tagalog: “Shatong”
  • Tajik: “Шандун”
  • Tamil: “சாண்டோங்”
  • Tamil: “ஷாண்டோங்”
  • Telugu: “షాండాంగ్”
  • Thai: “ชานตง”
  • Thai: “ซานตง”
  • Thai: “มณฑลชานตง”
  • Thai: “มณฑลซานตง”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲན་ཏུང་།”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲན་ཏུང་”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲན་ཏུང་ཞིང་ཆེན་”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲན་ཏུང་ཞིང་ཆེན།”
  • Turkish: “Şantung”
  • Turkish: “Shandong”
  • Uighur: “Shendung Ölkisi”
  • Uighur: “شەندۇڭ ئۆلكىسى”
  • Uighur: “شەندۇڭ شەھىرى”
  • Ukrainian: “Провінція Шаньдун”
  • Ukrainian: “Шандонг”
  • Ukrainian: “Шаньдун”
  • Urdu: “شانڈونگ”
  • Uzbek: “Shandun”
  • Venetian: “Shandong”
  • Vietnamese: “Shandong”
  • Vietnamese: “Sơn Đông”
  • Vietnamese: “Tề”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Sơn Đông”
  • Walloon: “Chandong”
  • Walloon: “Shandong”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shandong”
  • Welsh: “Shandong”
  • Western Armenian: “Շանտոնկ”
  • Western Panjabi: “شانڈونگ”
  • Wu Chinese: “山东省”
  • Yakut: “Шаньдун”
  • Yue Chinese: “山東”
  • Yue Chinese: “山東省”
  • Zhuang: “Sanhdungh”

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