Liaoning

- Total - Contribution to PRC

145.9 thousand km ² 1.52%

- Total 2010 - Density

43.19 million inhabitants 290 inhabitants / km ²

Liaoning (Chinese辽宁/辽宁) is a province in the northeast of the People's Republic of China.

History

Today's Liaoning Province, which was called Fengtian until 1929, was the heartland of the Manchu with Shenyang ( Manchu: Mukden ) as the capital of the Manchu Empire. After the founding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty moved their capital from Shenyang to Beijing. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Province of Japan and Russia was busy, industrialized, the region also. The ports of Dalian and Lüshunkou (formerly known as Port Arthur ) was an important strategic point for the Russian Far East Fleet during the Russian occupation because of its ice-free.

Geography

Liaoning is located in Manchuria, the southern part of Northeast China. The province is bounded on the south by the Yellow Sea, southeast of North Korea, in northeastern Jilin Province, in western Hebei and the north- west by the Inner Mongolia.

The Yalu River is the border between North Korea and China. It empties into the Korea Bay between Dandong (Liaoning) and Sinuiju (North Korea).

Administratively, Liaoning is divided into 14 prefecture-level cities:

• Shenyang (沉 阳 市),
• Dalian City (大连 市),
• Anshan City (鞍山 市),
• Fushun City (抚顺 市),
• Benxi City (本溪 市),
• Dandong City (丹东 市),
• Jinzhou City (锦州 ​​市),
• Yingkou City (营口 市),
• Fuxin City (阜新 市),
• Liaoyang City (辽阳 市),
• Panjin City (盘锦 市),
• Tieling City (铁岭 市),
• Chaoyang City (朝阳 市),
• Huludao City (葫芦岛 市).

Demography and autonomy

Around 84 % of the population is Han Chinese. Although the proportion of Manchus only 13% and that of the Mongols account for only 2% of the population of the province consisting of six autonomous counties of the Manchu over 17% and the two autonomous counties of the Mongols almost 6 % of the area of the province.

Economy

With an economic growth of over 13 percent Liaoning occupied since 2008 under the globally comparable regions of the first rank. While comparing the growth rates of the eight strongest economic regions in the eight strongest economic countries, the so-called G8x8.

Liaoning is a traditional heavy industry region. With significant coal and iron ore deposits large steel works are already in the first half of the 20th century was built, have in their environment later settled in the metalworking, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding and vehicle construction.

Centers of Chinese coal mining and steel industries are located in the northeast of the provincial capital Shenyang in Fushun City, to the southwest of the city of Anshan, and to the east in Benxi. In Dalian is the largest shipyard in China. The automotive industry is focused on Shenyang with BMW Brilliance and Dandong Huanghai with the bus manufacturer. Even in agricultural production Liaoning plays a significant role.

Tourism

The most important point for tourism is Dalian. In and around the city there are sandy beaches and some resorts.

Credentials

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