Introduction:
Shandong, named after living at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, is the capital of Jinan. Before Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Qi and Lu, so it was renamed Qilu. Shandong is located in the east China coast, the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the north-central part of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is the northernmost province in East China. The west is connected with the inland, and the north and south are bordered by Hebei, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces. The central part is high, and Mount Tai is the highest point in the whole territory; Shandong Peninsula borders the Yellow Sea in the east, faces Liaodong Peninsula across the Bohai Strait in the north, and guards Beijing, Tianjin and Bohai Bay.
Location context:
Shandong Province is located in the east coast of China, in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, with the latitude of 34 22.9 ′-38 24.01′ and the longitude of114 47.5 ′-122 42.3 ′. The territory includes peninsula and inland. Shandong Peninsula stands out among the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and is far opposite to Liaodong Peninsula. The inland part borders Hebei, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces from north to south. The whole territory is about 420 kilometers long from north to south and 700 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 6,543,800 square kilometers, accounting for 654.38+0.64% of the total area of China.