Sichuan
Sichuan Province 四川省 | |
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| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Cheenese | 四川省 (Sìchuān Shěng) |
| • Abbreviation | 川 or 蜀 (pinyin: Chuān or Shǔ Sichuanese: Cuan1 or Su2) |
| • | Sichuanese: Si4cuan1 Sen3 |
.svg) Map shawin the location o Sichuan Province | |
| Named for | Short for 川峡四路 chuānxiá sìlù literally "The Fower Circuits o the Rivers an Gorges", referrin tae the fower circuits durin the Song Dynasty |
| Caipital (an lairgest ceety) | Chengdu |
| Divisions | 21 prefecturs, 181 coonties, 5011 tounships |
| Govrenment | |
| • Secretar | Liu Qibao |
| • Govrenor | Jiang Jufeng |
| Area | |
| • Total | 485000 km2 (187,000 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 5t |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 80,418,200 |
| • Rank | 4t |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 22nt |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic composeetion | Han - 95% Yi - 2.6% Tibetan - 1.5% Qiang - 0.4% |
| • Leids an dialects | Sichuanese Mandarin |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-51 |
| GDP (2011) | CNY 2.15 trillion US$ 340 billion (9th) |
| • per capita | CNY 21,182 US$ 3,129 (25t) |
| HDI (2008) | 0.763 (medium) (24t) |
| Website | http://www.sichuan.gov.cn/ (Simplified Chinese) |
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| Cheenese | 四川 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Sìchuān | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Postal | Szechwan or Szechuan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sichuan (help·info) (Cheenese: 四川, kent umwhile in the Wast bi its postal map spellins o Szechwan or Szechuan) is a province in Soothwast Cheenae wi its caipital in Chengdu. The current name o the province, "四川", is an abbreviation o "四川路" (Sì Chuānlù), or "Fower circuits o rivers", which is itsel abbreviatit frae "川峡四路" (Chuānxiá Sìlù), or "Fower circuits o rivers an gorges", namit efter the diveesion o the existin circuit intae fower durin the Northren Song Dynasty.[1]
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Sichuan. |
- Sichuan Govrenment wabsteid Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
Travel guide tae Sichuan frae Wikivoyage- Sichuan Poverty Network Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Sichuan Travel Information Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
Places aroond Sichuan | |
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