Place details
Place nameShandong
Other namesShantung
CountryZhonghua
Latitude36
Longitude118
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Occupied by Chinese farmers from early times; was important cultural area & famed as home to philosophers Confucius & Mencius; occupied by Japanese 1937; restored to China 1945; came under Communist control in Chinese civil war; has several good harbors.