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四川省 | |
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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 |
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 | |
• 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 |
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Chinese | 四川 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postal Map | Szechwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Four Rivers" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tibetan | སི་ཁྲོན་ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[[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.