Liaoning China InformationLiaoning China is the nation’s 21st largest province expanding roughly 58,000 square miles (150,000 sq km). The province’s population ranks 14th in the country with over 42,170,000 people. Its population density comes in 15th with 289 p/sq km. The capital and largest city is Shenyang located in the province’s central plane. Liao of the title Liaoning is derived from the Manchurian Liao Dynasty (975 AD – 1125 AD). The character for ning means peacefulness. Liaoning China GeographyLiaoning province is located in northeastern China, the region traditionally referred to as Manchuria (Dongbei). The Nulu’erhu Mountains descend into the province from Inner Mongolia (Nei Monggol Zizhiqu) to the west and roughly for the border between the two provinces. South of that border, Lioaning shares a short border with Hebei. Central Liaoning is flat with watersheds and rivers snaking through the Liao River Plane. In the east the Changbai Mountain range extends over a good portion of the province as it runs northeastward into Jilin. The range dissipates southward into the Liaodong peninsula. The province borders Liaodong bay in the southwest and on the west side of the peninsula. Korea bay resides to the east of the peninsula. South of Liaodong bay is the Bo Sea,just north of where the Yellow River flows into the Yellow Sea. Liaoning also shares a border with North Korea in the southeast. Liaoning China IndustryLiaoning province is an important base of industry and trade. Dalian, on the southern tip of the Lioadong peninsula, has grown to be the main gateway for trade with northeast China. Liaoning has larger deposits of iron, diamond, boron, and magnesite than any other Chinese province. Also important industries include petroleum, natural gas, and chemicals. Liaoning China HistoryLiaonign province, being the southern most province in Manchuria, experienced earlier contact with central Chinese dynastic history than its northern neighbors. From the Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC) onward Liaoning province played an important role politically, economically, and militarily. Part of the region was first annexed as part of greater China during the unified state of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC). The subsequent Han Dynasty (206 BC – 221 AD) maintained control over this portion. Later governments separate from those of central China spot the regions history through the Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1122 AD – 1234 AD). The Manchu established their capital in modern Shenyang during the 17th century and shortly moved southward ending the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD – 1644 AD) to establish China’s final dynasty, the Qing Dynasty (1644 AD – 1911 AD). Not until the 1860s did the Qing dynasty allow Han migration into Manchuria. The acute influx of Han at this point shortly became the dominant ethnic group of the region. Liaoning China was integrated into its current provincial area mostly from Liaodong (Liao west) and Liaoxi (Liao east) after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Liaoning China DemographicsLiaoning China remains a diverse province by Chinese standards. Han comprise only 84% of the provincial population followed by Manchu who hold 13%. Mongol compose 2% followed by Hui and Korean who constitute 0.6% each. Xibe account for 0.3%. Back to Top Browse a list of all Chinese Provinces:
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