'''Shandong''' (_R?; Sh?nd?ng) is a province in China.
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. The Yellow River runs through the province.
Main attractions are Qufu (the birthplace of Confucius), Mount Tai (the most climbed mountian in China), Qingdao (nice port city with beaches) and Yantai (holiday city with lots of European buildings). The capital, Jinan, is of limited interest to travellers, except as a trasport hub.
Regions
Shandong is subdivided into 17 prefectures (see the main city for each below under cities), 140 counties and 1,941 townships.
Cities
Shandong has two sub-provincial cities
Jinan - the capital
Qingdao - the largest city, former German concession, home of Tsingtao Brewery
...and 15 prefecture-level cities
Binzhou
Dezhou
Dongying
Heze
Jining
Laiwu
Liaocheng
Linyi
Rizhao
Tai'an
Weifang
Weihai
Yantai
Zaozhuang
Zibo
Other destinations
Mount Tai ___R
Qufu ____ - the birthplace of Confucius
Zoucheng ?__ - the birthplace of Mencius
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