Liaoning
province of China
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Liaoning is a province of China[1]. Liaoning draws 7,134 Wikipedia views per month (province of china category, ranking #16 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: People's Republic of China[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Head of government: Li Lecheng[5]
- Capital: Shenyang[6]
- Shares border with: Hebei[7], Inner Mongolia[8], Jilin[9], North Pyongan Province[10]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Shenyang[11], Dalian[12], Anshan[13], Fushun[14], Benxi[15], Dandong[16], Jinzhou[17], Yingkou[18], Fuxin[19], Liaoyang[20], Panjin[21], Tieling[22], Chaoyang[23], Huludao[24]
- Twinned administrative body: Kanagawa Prefecture[25], Toyama Prefecture[26]
- Legislative body: Liaoning Provincial People's Congress[27]
- Party chief representative: Hao Peng[28]
- Commons category: Liaoning[29]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[30]
- Inception: January 1, 1907[31]
- Highest point: Mount Huabozi[32]
- Official website: http://www.ln.gov.cn[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Liaoning[34]
- Commons gallery: 辽宁[35]
- Population: 43,746,323[36], 42,591,407[37]
- Described by source: Svensk uppslagsbok[38], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[41]
- Replaces: Liaodong[42]
- Official name: 辽宁省[43], провинция Ляонин[44]
- Category for people born here: Category:People from Liaoning[45]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Liaoning[46]
- Native label: ᠯᡳᠶᠣᠣᠨᡳᠩ ᡤᠣᠯᠣ[47], ᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤᠨᠢᠩ ᠮᠤᠵᠢ[48]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Liaoning[49]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of Liaoning[50]
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Physical Characteristics
Liaoning covers an area of 145,900 km²[51].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Liaoning include Liaoning[52], an aircraft carrier[53].
Why It Matters
Liaoning has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Liaoning is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for Liaoning include Liaoning[52], an aircraft carrier[53].