KIANG-SU, a maritime province of China, bounded E. by the Yellow Sea, S.W., N.W., and N., by Tche-Kiang, Nganhoi, Honan, and Shantung. Area, 44,500 square miles. It is one of the most fertile provinces in China, and possesses unusual facilities for commerce, being traversed by the great rivers Heang-ho, and Yang-tse-Kiang, and from S.E. to N.W. by the Imperial Canal. The surface is mostly level, and a great portion of the coast is protected by dikes from the incursion of the sea. Marshes and lakes are numerous; of the latter, which abound in fish, the largest are the Hong-tse-hu, the Kan-yu-hu, and the Tai-hu. The chief products of the province are silk, cotton, tea, rice, &c., of which large quantities are exported. The principal cities are Nankin, Shang-hai, Yang-tchu-fu, and Su-tchu-fu. Pop. above 38,000,000.