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| Basics
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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 156,700 km2
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Agriculture : apples, corn, cotton,
dates, peanuts, pears, tobacco, tussah, watermelons, wheat
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Provincial government office address :
1 Shengfu Qianjie, Jinan, Shandong Province
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| Capital : Jinan Largest City :
Qingdao
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Animal products : beef, cashmere,
dairy products, fish, leather, wool
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Telephone : (86)(531)691-2828
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| English meaning of name : East of the
Mountains
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Foreign direct investment (2001) :
US$3.62 billion
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Website (Chinese) : www.12365.sd.cn
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Han
99.3%, Hui 0.6%
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GDP (2002) : 1055.2 billion yuan
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Website (English) : not available
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| Organization : 17 prefectures; 140
counties; 1928 townships
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GDP per capita : 11,619 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 90,820,000
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Industry : beer, cement, ceramics,
chemicals, glass, machine tools, mining, paper, tractors, textiles
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Airports : Jinan Yaoqiang Airport
(TNA), Yantai Laishan Airport (YNT), Weifang Airport (WEF), Qingdao Liuting
Airport (TAO), Weihai Airport (WEH), Jining Airport (JNG)
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| Population density : 156,700/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: http://www.china.org.cn
/english/features/51621.htm
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Highways/railroads : Shandong has one
of the best highway networks of any province, with 50,000 km of highways
including over 3,000 km of expressways; several main rail lines traverse the
province including the Asia-Europe Continental Bridge, of which the port city
Rizhao is an eastern terminus
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| Weather : hot, wet summers; cool, dry
winters
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Mineral resources : bauxite, coal,
diamonds, gold, iron, natural gas, petroleum
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Major seaports : Qingdao
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