Coordinates: 41°48′17″N 123°26′02″E / 41.8047°N 123.4340°ECoordinates: 41°48′17″N 123°26′02″E / 41.8047°N 123.4340°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Liaoning |
County-level divisions | 13 |
Government | |
• Party Secretary | Zeng Wei (曾维) |
• Mayor | Li Yingjie (李英杰) |
Area | |
• Sub-provincial city | 12,942 km2 (4,997 sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,464 km2 (1,337 sq mi) |
Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
Population (2010 census) | |
• Sub-provincial city | 8,106,171 |
• Density | 626.346/km2 (1,622.23/sq mi) |
• Urban | 5,743,718 |
• Urban density | 1,658.12/km2 (4,294.5/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
Postal code | 110000 |
License plate prefixes | 辽A |
GDP (2010) | CNY 501.5 billion |
- per capita | CNY 79,106 |
Website | shenyang.gov.cn |
Shenyang | |||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 沈阳 | ||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 瀋陽 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Shěnyáng | ||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | the city to the north of Shen River or submerge light | ||||||||||||||||||
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Manchu name | |||||||||||||||||||
Manchu | ᠮᡠᡴ᠋ᡩᡝ᠋ᠨ(Mukden) |
Shenyang or Mukden is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in northeast China. Shenyang was first used by the Manchu people as their capital in the 17th century. Today it is the biggest city in the Northeast.
Shenyang is the transport and commercial hub of China's northeast–particularly with Japan, Russia, and Korea. Shenyang is the railway hub of northeast China. Eight railways connect Shenyang with Beijing, Dalian, Changchun, Harbin and Fushun.