Government
At its height, the Liao Dynasty controlled what is now Shanxi, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Inner Mongolia provinces in China, as well as portions of the Korean peninsula, and much of the country of Mongolia. The peak population is estimated at 750,000 Khitans and two to three million ethnic Chinese.
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