Liaoning
Coordinates: 41°06′N 122°18′E / 41.1°N 122.3°E / 41.1; 122.3
| Liaoning Province | |||||||||
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| Abbreviations: 辽 (pinyin: Liáo) | |||||||||
| Origin of name | Peace forever for the Liao River watershed | ||||||||
| Administration type | Province | ||||||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
Shenyang | ||||||||
| CPC Ctte Secretary | Wang Min (王珉) | ||||||||
| Governor | Chen Zhenggao (陈政高) | ||||||||
| Area | 145,900 km2 (56,300 sq mi) (21st) | ||||||||
| - Latitude | 38° 43' to 43° 29' N | ||||||||
| - Longitude | 118° 50' to 125° 47' E | ||||||||
| Population (2010) - Density |
43,746,323 (14th) 289 /km2 (750 /sq mi) (15th) |
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| GDP (2011) - per capita |
CNY 2.20 trillion US$ 348 billion (7th) CNY 50,299 US$ 7,788 (7th) |
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| HDI (2008) | 0.835 (high) (7th) | ||||||||
| Ethnic composition | Han - 84% Manchu - 13% Mongol - 2% Hui - 0.6% Korean - 0.6% Xibe - 0.3% |
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| Languages and dialects | {{{Dialects}}} | ||||||||
| Prefectural level | 14 divisions | ||||||||
| County level | 100 divisions | ||||||||
| Township level* | 1511 divisions | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-21 | ||||||||
| Official website http://www.ln.gov.cn/ (Simplified Chinese) |
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| Source for population and GDP data: Source for nationalities data: * | |||||||||
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Liaoning (simplified Chinese: 辽宁; traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: Liáoníng; Manchu: ᠯᡳᠶᠣᠣ ᠨᡳᠩ, Liyoo ning) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" (liáo), a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. The second character of the name, "宁" (níng) means "peace". The modern province was established in 1907 as Fengtian province (奉天; pinyin: Fèngtiān; Postal map spelling: Fengtien; Manchu: ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ ᡳᠮᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ, Abkai imiyangga) and the name was changed to Liaoning in 1929. Under the Japanese puppet Manchukuo regime, the province reverted to its 1907 name, but the name Liaoning was restored in 1945.
Liaoning is located in the southern part of the Northeast, and is often called "the Golden Triangle" because of its strategic geographical 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 the international border with North Korea, emptying into the Korea Bay between Dandong, Liaoning and Sinuiju, North Korea.
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