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Liaoyang
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Liaoyang () is a prefecture-level city of east-central Liaoning province, China, situated on the Taizi River. It is approximately one hour south of Shenyang, the provincial capital, by car. Liaoyang is home to Liaoning University's College of Foreign Studies and a number of vocational colleges. The city hosts a limited number of professional basketball and volleyball games in a modern sports facility. According to the latest statistics in 2020, the age distribution of the population in Liaoyang is as follows: 0–14 years old account for 9.83% of the population; 15–59 years old account for 62.26
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Liaoyang
- Settlement.native_name
- 辽阳市
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh-Hans
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 辽阳白塔公园09.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- White Pagoda (Baita) in Liaoyang
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- Location of Liaoyang Prefecture within Liaoning (China).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Liaoyang City jurisdiction in Liaoning
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- Liaoning
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
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- Location of the city centre in Liaoning
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Liaoning
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Baita District
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- Districts
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 辽阳市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Liaodong
- Contains
- Dengta
- Population
- 1604580
- Area
- 4735.78
- Elevation
- 29
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.liaoyang.gov.cn
- Image
- 辽阳市白塔区.jpg
- Dialing code
- 419
- Licence plate code
- 辽K
- Significant event
- Battle of Liaoyang
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Liaoyang
- category for people born here
- Q63213176
- twinned administrative body
- Cergy
- topic's main category
- Category:Liaoyang
- Commons category
- Liaoyang
- postal code
- 111000
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative divisions
- Geography and climate
- Tourism
- Military
- International relations
- Twin towns — sister cities
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Liaoyang () is a prefecture-level city of east-central Liaoning province, China, situated on the Taizi River. It is approximately one hour south of Shenyang, the provincial capital, by car. Liaoyang is home to Liaoning University's College of Foreign Studies and a number of vocational colleges. The city hosts a limited number of professional basketball and volleyball games in a modern sports facility. According to the latest statistics in 2020, the age distribution of the population in Liaoyang is as follows: 0–14 years old account for 9.83% of the population; 15–59 years old account for 62.26% of the population; 60 years old and above account for 27.91% of the population; 65 years old and above account for 19.46% of the population.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liaoyang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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