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Liaoning

Liaoning Province
辽宁省
Province
Name transcription(s)
 • Chinese 辽宁省 (Liáoníng Shěng)
 • Abbreviation (pinyin: Liáo)
Map showing the location of Liaoning Province
Map showing the location of Liaoning Province
Coordinates: 41°06′N 122°18′E / 41.1°N 122.3°E / 41.1; 122.3Coordinates: 41°06′N 122°18′E / 41.1°N 122.3°E / 41.1; 122.3
Named for The Liao River
Capital
(and largest city)
Shenyang
Divisions 14 prefectures, 100 counties, 1511 townships
Government
 • Secretary Li Xi
 • Governor Chen Qiufa
Area
 • Total 145,900 km2 (56,300 sq mi)
Area rank 21st
Population (2012)
 • Total 43,900,000
 • Rank 14th
 • Density 300/km2 (780/sq mi)
 • Density rank 15th
Demographics
 • Ethnic composition Han – 84%
Manchu – 13%
Mongol – 2%
Hui - 0.6%
Korean – 0.6%
Xibe – 0.3%
 • Languages and dialects Northeastern Mandarin, Jiaoliao Mandarin, Beijing Mandarin, Pyongan Korean, Manchu
ISO 3166 code CN-21
GDP (2016) CNY 2.2 trillion
331 USD billion (7th)
 • per capita CNY 50,287
USD 7,573 (7th)
HDI (2010) 0.740 (high) (6th)
Website www.ln.gov.cn
Liaoning
Liaoning (Chinese characters).svg
"Liaoning" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Postal Liaoning
Literal meaning "Pacified Liao"
Manchu name
Manchu script ᠯᡳᠶᠣᠣ ᠨᡳᠩ
Romanization Liyoo-ning
Fengtian
Chinese name
Chinese
Postal Fengtien
Manchu name
Manchu script ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ ᡳᠮᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ
Romanization Abkai-imiyangga

Liaoning (Chinese: 辽宁; pinyin: About this sound Liáoníng ) is a province of China, located in the northeast of the country. The modern province was established in 1907 as Fengtian or Fengtien province and the name was changed to Liaoning in 1929. It was also known as Mukden province at the time, for the Manchu pronunciation of Shengjing, the former name of the provincial capital Shenyang. Under the Japanese-puppet Manchukuo regime, the province reverted to its 1907 name but the name Liaoning was restored in 1945 and again in 1954.

Liaoning is the southernmost part of Manchuria, the Chinese Northeast. It is also known in Chinese as "the Golden Triangle" from its shape and strategic location, with the Yellow Sea (Korea Bay and Bohai Sea) in the south, North Korea's North Pyongan and Chagang provinces in the southeast, Jilin to the northeast, Hebei to the southwest, and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. The Yalu River marks its border with North Korea, emptying into the Korea Bay between Dandong in Liaoning and Sinuiju in North Korea.


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