About Jiangsu

Origin of name 江 jiāng - Jiangning (now Nanjing)
苏 sū - Suzhou
Administration type Province 省
Capital
(and largest city) Nanjing 南京
Area 102,600 km2 (24th)
Population (2006)
 - Density 75,495,000 (5th)
736/km2 (4th)
GDP (2006)
 - per capita CNY 2.15 trillion (3rd)
CNY 28,685 (5th)
HDI (2005) 0.805 (high) (7th)
Major nationalities Han - 99.6%
Hui - 0.2%
Prefecture-level 13 divisions
County-level 106 divisions

Jiangsu (Simplified Chinese: 江苏; Traditional Chinese: 江蘇; Pinyin: Jiāngsū; Wade-Giles: Chiang-su; Postal map spelling: Kiangsu) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country.

The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning (now Nanjing), and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" (sū), the second character of its name.

Jiangsu borders Shandong in the north, Anhui to the west, and Zhejiang and Shanghai to the south. Jiangsu has a coastline of over one thousand kilometers along the Yellow Sea, and the Yangtze River passes through its southern parts.

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