四川省
Province
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	四川省 (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Sìchuān Shěng)
• Abbreviation	SC / 川 or 蜀 (pinyin: <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Chuān or Shǔ Sichuanese: Cuan1 or Su2)
• Sichuanese	Si4cuan1 Sen3
Map showing the location of Sichuan Province
Coordinates: 30°08′N 102°56′E / 30.133°N 102.933°E / 30.133; 102.933Coordinates: 30°08′N 102°56′E / 30.133°N 102.933°E / 30.133; 102.933
Named for	Short for 川峡四路 <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Chuānxiá sì-lù literally "The Four Circuits of the Plains and Gorges", referring to the four circuits during the Song dynasty
Capital (and largest city)	Chengdu
Divisions	21 prefectures, 181 counties, 5011 townships
Government
• Secretary	Peng Qinghua
• Governor	Yin Li
Area
• Total	485,000 km2 (187,000 sq mi)
• Rank	5th
Highest elevation	7,556 m (24,790 ft)
Population  (2013)
• Total	81,100,000
• Rank	4th
• Density	167.22/km2 (433.1/sq mi)
• Rank	22nd
Demographics
• Ethnic composition	Han - 95% Yi - 2.6% Tibetan - 1.5% Qiang - 0.4%
• Languages and dialects	Southwestern Mandarin (Sichuanese dialects), Khams Tibetan, Hakka Chinese
ISO 3166 code	CN-SC
GDP (2017)	CNY 3.70 trillion USD 547.71 billion (6th)
• per capita	CNY 44,651 USD 6,613 (22nd)
HDI (2016)	0.780 (high) (23rd)
Website	www.sc.gov.cn

Sichuan
"Sichuan" in Chinese characters
Chinese name
Chinese	四川
Postal Map	Szechwan
Literal meaning	"Four Rivers"
Transcriptions Hakka - Romanization Si-tshôn Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Sìchuān - Wade–Giles Ssŭ4-chʻuan1 - IPA [sɨ̂.ʈʂʰwán] ( listen) - Gwoyeu Romatzyh Syhchuan - Bopomofo ㄙˋ   ㄔㄨㄢ - Sichuanese Pinyin Si4-cuan1 Min - Hokkien POJ Sù-chhoan - Taiwanese Romanization Sì-tshuan Wu - Romanization Sy3-tshoe1 Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Sei3-cyun1 - IPA [sēi.tsʰýːn] - Yale Romanization Sei-chyūn
Tibetan name
Tibetan	སི་ཁྲོན་
Transcriptions - Wylie si khron
Yi name
[[Yi language|Yi]]	ꌧꍧ syp chuo

Sichuan (Chinese: 四川; pinyin: Sì Chuān;  listen (info • help)) is a province in western China with its capital at Chengdu. It is also informally called 蜀 (pinyin: Shǔ). Its Governor is Wei Hong and its CPC Ctte Secretary is Wang Dongming. With a population of 87,250,000 (2006), Sichuan is the third most populated administrative division of China. Sichuan used to be the province with the most people in China before Chongqing was separated from it, making Henan the most populous. However, when including migrants, Guangdong has more people than Henan.