Jiangsu (help·info) (simplifeed Cheenese: 江苏; traditeeonal Cheenese: 江蘇; pinyin: Jiāngsū; Wade–Giles: Chiang-su; Postal map spellin: Kiangsu) is an eastern coastal province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. The name comes frae jiang, short for the ceety o Jiangning (nou Nanjing), an su, for the ceety o Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" (sū), the seicont character o its name.[2] It is the province wi the heichest population density in Cheenae, though the provincial-level municipalities o Shanghai, Beijing, an Tianjin hae a heicher density.
Jiangsu Province 江苏省 | |
|---|---|
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Cheenese | 江苏省 (Jiāngsū Shěng) |
| • Abbreviation | 苏 (pinyin: Sū) |
.svg) Map shawin the location o Jiangsu Province | |
| Named for | 江 jiāng - Jiangning (now Nanjing) 苏 sū - Suzhou |
| Caipital (an lairgest ceety) | Nanjing |
| Divisions | 13 prefecturs, 106 coonties, 1488 tounships |
| Govrenment | |
| • Secretar | Liang Baohua |
| • Govrenor | Luo Zhijun |
| Area | |
| • Total | 102600 km2 (39,600 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 25t |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 78,659,903 |
| • Rank | 5t |
| • Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 4t |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic composeetion | Han - 99.6% Hui - 0.2% |
| • Leids an dialects | Mandarin Cheenese, Wu Cheenese |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-32 |
| GDP (2011) | CNY 4.80 trillion US$ 750 billion[1] (2nt) |
| • per capita | CNY 61,022 US$ 9,535 (4t) |
| HDI (2008) | 0.837 (high) (6t) |
| Website | http://www.jiangsu.gov.cn/ |
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