Liaoning Province 辽宁省 | |
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Name transcription(s) | |
• Cheenese | 辽宁省 (Liáoníng Shěng) |
• Abbreviation | 辽 (pinyin: Liáo) |
Map shawin the location o Liaoning Province | |
Coordinates: 41°06′N 122°18′E / 41.1°N 122.3°ECoordinates: 41°06′N 122°18′E / 41.1°N 122.3°E | |
Named for | The Liao River |
Caipital (an lairgest ceety) | Shenyang |
Divisions | 14 prefecturs, 100 coonties, 1511 tounships |
Govrenment | |
• Secretar | Wang Min |
• Govrenor | Chen Zhenggao |
Area | |
• Total | 145900 km2 (56,300 sq mi) |
Area rank | 21st |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Total | 43,900,000 |
• Rank | 14t |
• Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 15t |
Demographics | |
• Ethnic composeetion | Han - 84% Manchu - 13% Mongols - 2% Hui - 0.6% Korean - 0.6% Xibe - 0.3% |
• Leids an dialects | Northeastren Mandarin, Jiaoliao Mandarin, Beijing Mandarin, Pyongan Korean, Manchu |
ISO 3166 code | CN-21 |
GDP (2012) | CNY 2.707 trillion US$ 441.60 billion (7th) |
• per capita | CNY 61,663 US$ 10,059 (7t) |
HDI (2008) | 0.835 (high) (7t) |
Website | www |
Liaoning | |||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 遼寧省 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 辽宁省 | ||||||||
Postal | Liaoning Province | ||||||||
Leeteral meanin | Pacified Liao Province Peaceful Province o the Liao | ||||||||
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Manchu name | |||||||||
Manchu script | ᠯᡳᠶᠣᠣ ᠨᡳᠩ Liyoo-ning |
Fengtian | |||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||
Cheenese | 奉天省 | ||||||||
Postal | Fengtien Province | ||||||||
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Manchu name | |||||||||
Manchu script | ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ ᡳᠮᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ Abkai-imiyangga |
Liaoning (help·info) (simplifeed Cheenese: 辽宁; traditeeonal Cheenese: 遼寧; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, locatit in the northeast o the kintra. Its ane-character abbreviation is "辽" (pinyin: liáo), a name taken frae the Liao River that flowes throu the province. "Níng" means "peace".[3] The modren province wis established in 1907 as Fengtian province (奉天 pinyin: Fèngtiān; Postal map spellin: Fengtien) an the name wis chyngit tae Liaoning in 1929. Unner the Japanese puppet Manchukuo regime, the province revertit tae its 1907 name, but the name Liaoning wis restored in 1945.
Liaoning is locateit in the soothren pairt o the Northeast, an is aften cried "the Gowden Triangle"[4] acause o its superior geographical location.