Administrative Divisions
Liaoning is composed of twelve prefecture-level cities and two sub-provincial cities:
| Map | # | Name | Administrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — Sub-provincial city — | |||||
| 1 | Shenyang | Shenhe District | 沈阳市 Shěnyáng Shì |
8,106,171 | |
| 2 | Dalian | Xigang District | 大连市 Dàlián Shì |
6,690,432 | |
| — Prefecture-level city — | |||||
| 3 | Anshan | Tiedong District | 鞍山市 Ānshān Shì |
3,645,884 | |
| 4 | Benxi | Pingshan District | 本溪市 Běnxī Shì |
1,709,538 | |
| 5 | Chaoyang | Shuangta District | 朝阳市 Cháoyáng Shì |
3,044,641 | |
| 6 | Dandong | Zhenxing District | 丹东市 Dāndōng Shì |
2,444,697 | |
| 7 | Fushun | Shuncheng District | 抚顺市 Fǔshùn Shì |
2,138,090 | |
| 8 | Fuxin | Haizhou District | 阜新市 Fùxīn Shì |
1,819,339 | |
| 9 | Huludao | Longgang District | 葫芦岛市 Húludǎo Shì |
2,623,541 | |
| 10 | Jinzhou | Taihe District | 锦州市 Jǐnzhōu Shì |
3,126,463 | |
| 11 | Liaoyang | Baita District | 辽阳市 Liáoyáng Shì |
1,858,768 | |
| 12 | Panjin | Xinglongtai District | 盘锦市 Pánjǐn Shì |
1,392,493 | |
| 13 | Tieling | Yinzhou District | 铁岭市 Tiělǐng Shì |
2,717,732 | |
| 14 | Yingkou | Zhanqian District | 营口市 Yíngkǒu shì |
2,428,534 | |
These prefecture-level cities are in turn divided into 100 county-level divisions (17 county-level cities, 19 counties, eight autonomous counties, and 56 districts), which are then further subdivided into 1511 township-level divisions (613 towns, 301 townships, 77 ethnic townships, and 520 subdistricts).
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