Shandong people
People native to Shandong province in China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The people of Shandong province or Shandong people (simplified Chinese: 山东人; traditional Chinese: 山東人; pinyin: Shāndōng rén) refers to those who are native to Shandong province, the majority (99%) are classified as Han Chinese . They speak various forms of Chinese such as Jilu, Jiaoliao, and Zhongyuan. There is a small Shandong community in Singapore and Malaysia.[1] Nine-tenths of the early overseas Chinese in Korea also came from Shandong.[2] Shandong citizens, are also known to have the tallest average height of any Chinese province (or administrative equivalents).[3] As of 2010, 16- to 18-year-old male students in Yantai measured 176.4 cm (5'9.5), while female students measured 164 cm (5'4.5).[4] Provincial average for both genders would be about 1cm less.
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