What is Shandong?
[[File:Shandong in China (+all claims hatched).svg|thumb|Shandong in China]] '''Shandong''' ({{zh|s=山东}}) is a [[Province of China|province]] on the east coast of [[China]]. It borders [[Hebei]] in its northwest, [[Henan]] in its west, and [[Anhui]] and [[Jiangsu]] in its south. Across the [[Bohai Sea|Bohai Strait]] to its north is [[Liaodong Peninsula]], and across the [[Yellow Sea]] to the east is [[Korean Peninsula]]. Its capital is [[Jinan]], and its largest city is [[Qingdao]]. On July 25 , 1668, an [[1668 Shandong earthquake|earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5]], whose [[epicenter]] was just northeast of the city of [[Linyi]], devastated Shandong and killed between 43,000 and 50,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en=1668.0725|title=25 July 1668 Tancheng (Shandong)|publisher=GHEA|access-date=2023-12-08|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723133040/https://emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en=1668.0725|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1054|title=CHINA: SHANDONG PROVINCE|publisher=[[National Geophysical Data Center]]|access-date=2023-12-08|archive-date=July 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725005731/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1054|url-status=live}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{commonscat-inline}} {{Province-level divisions of China}} [[Category:Shandong| ]] {{asia-stub}}