Shandong Province is located on the east coast of China and the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Its land area is north latitude114 48' ~122 42', north latitude 34 23' ~ 3817', east-west length 721.03km, and north-south length 437. Shandong, as a geographical concept at first, mainly refers to Xiaoshan, Huashan or the vast area of the Yellow River basin east of Taihang Mountain. In the eighth year of Jin Dading (1 168), Shandong East Road and Shandong West Road were established, and Shandong East Road was set as the military department. "Shandong" is the name of the administrative region.

In the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1368), Shandong Province was established. Shandong Province was established in the early Qing Dynasty, and "Shandong" became the proper name of this province. Because when the Western Zhou Dynasty was founded, there were Qi, Lu, Cao, Teng and Wei in Shandong today, and Zhou Gongdan was sealed in Lu, so now Shandong Province is called "Lu" for short.

Brief introduction of Shandong

Shandong province, at first, mainly refers to Xiaoshan, Huashan or the vast area of the Yellow River basin east of Taihang Mountain. In the eighth year of Jin Dading (1 168), Shandong East Road and Shandong West Road were established, and Shandong East Road was set as the military department. "Shandong" is the name of the administrative region. "Shandong" became the proper name of this province in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The representative culture of Shandong history is Qilu culture.

The topography of Shandong Province is dominated by hills and hills, with hills protruding in the south-central part, low-lying and flat terrain in the southwest and northwest, Shandong Peninsula with gentle hills in the east and North China Plain in the west and north. It spans five major water systems: Huaihe River, Yellow River, Haihe River, Xiaoqing River and Jiaodong. It belongs to warm temperate monsoon climate. Shandong province is a big industrial province and industrial base, with 4 1 industrial categories. It is an important industrial base in China and a strategic fulcrum for economic development in the northern region. Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration is adjacent to Japan and South Korea, facing Northeast Asia and connecting the Belt and Road Initiative.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Shandong Province.