Sichuan

Sichuan Province 四川省
Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	四川省 (Sìchuān Shěng)
• Abbreviation	川 or 蜀 (pinyin: Chuān or Shǔ Sichuanese: Cuan1 or Su2)
•	Sichuanese: Si4cuan1 Sen3
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)

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

Economic data'

• Economic profile for Sichuan at HKTDC

Freemit airtins

• Sichuan Govrenment wabsteid
• 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

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