Administrative Divisions
Shandong is divided into seventeen prefecture-level divisions:
| Map | # | Name | Administrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — Sub-provincial city — | |||||
| 1 | Jinan | Shizhong District | 济南市 Jǐnán Shì |
6,814,000 | |
| 2 | Qingdao | Shinan District | 青岛市 Qīngdǎo Shì |
8,715,100 | |
| — Prefecture-level city — | |||||
| 3 | Binzhou | Bincheng District | 滨州市 Bīnzhōu Shì |
3,748,500 | |
| 4 | Dezhou | Decheng District | 德州市 Dézhōu Shì |
5,568,200 | |
| 5 | Dongying | Dongying District | 东营市 Dōngyíng Shì |
2,035,300 | |
| 6 | Heze | Mudan District | 菏泽市 Hézé Shì |
8,287,800 | |
| 7 | Jining | Shizhong District | 济宁市 Jìníng Shì |
8,081,900 | |
| 8 | Laiwu | Laicheng District | 莱芜市 Láiwú Shì |
1,298,500 | |
| 9 | Liaocheng | Dongchangfu District | 聊城市 Liáochéng Shì |
5,789,900 | |
| 10 | Linyi | Lanshan District | 临沂市 Línyí Shì |
10,039,400 | |
| 11 | Rizhao | Donggang District | 日照市 Rìzhào Shì |
2,801,100 | |
| 12 | Tai'an | Taishan District | 泰安市 Tài'ān Shì |
5,494,200 | |
| 13 | Weifang | Kuiwen District | 潍坊市 Wéifāng Shì |
9,086,200 | |
| 14 | Weihai | Huancui District | 威海市 Wēihǎi Shì |
2,804,800 | |
| 15 | Yantai | Laishan District | 烟台市 Yāntái Shì |
6,968,200 | |
| 16 | Zaozhuang | Shizhong District | 枣庄市 Zǎozhuāng Shì |
3,729,300 | |
| 17 | Zibo | Zhangdian District | 淄博市 Zībó Shì |
4,530,600 | |
The seventeen prefecture-level divisions of Shandong are subdivided into 140 county-level divisions (49 districts, 31 county-level cities, and 60 counties). Those are in turn divided into 1941 township-level divisions (1223 towns, 293 townships, two ethnic townships, and 423 subdistricts).
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