Liaoning

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Coordinates: 41°06′N 122°18′E / 41.1°N 122.3°E / 41.1; 122.3

Liaoning Province Chinese : 辽宁省 Liáoníng Shěng Abbreviations: 辽  (pinyin: Liáo) Origin of name Peace forever for the Liao River watershed Administration type Province Capital (and largest city) Shenyang CPC Ctte Secretary Wang Min Governor Chen Zhenggao Area 145,900 km2 (56,300 sq mi) (21st)  - Latitude 38° 43' to 43° 29' N  - Longitude 118° 50' to 125° 47' E Population (2010)  - Density 43,746,323 (14th) 289 /km2 (750 /sq mi) (15th) GDP (2012)  - per capita CNY 2.480 trillion US$ 398,73 billion (7th) CNY 56,693 US$ 9,115 (7th) HDI (2008) 0.835 (high) (7th) Ethnic composition Han - 84% Manchu - 13% Mongol - 2% Hui - 0.6% Korean - 0.6% Xibe - 0.3% Languages and dialects Northeastern Mandarin, Jiaoliao Mandarin, Beijing Mandarin, Pyongan Korean, Manchu Prefectural level 14 divisions County level 100 divisions Township level* 1511 divisions ISO 3166-2 CN-21 Official website www.ln.gov.cn Source for population and GDP data: 《中国统计年鉴—2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005 ISBN 7503747382 Source for nationalities data: 《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China ISBN 7105054255 *As at December 31, 2004 Template • Discussion • WikiProject China

Liaoning (simplified Chinese: 辽宁; traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin:  Liáoníng; Manchu: ᠯᡳᠶᠣᠣ ᠨᡳᠩ, Liyoo ning) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" (liáo), a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. The second character of the name, "宁" (níng) means "peaceful". The modern province was established in 1907 as Fengtian province (Chinese: 奉天; pinyin: Fèngtiān; Postal map spelling: Fengtien; Manchu: ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ ᡳᠮᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ, Abkai imiyangga) and the name was changed to Liaoning in 1929. Under the Japanese puppet Manchukuo regime, the province reverted to its 1907 name, but the name Liaoning was restored in 1945.

Liaoning is located in the southern part of the Northeast, and is often called "the Golden Triangle" because of its strategic geographical location, with the Yellow Sea (Korea Bay and Bohai Sea) in the south, North Korea's North Pyongan and Chagang provinces in the southeast, Jilin to the northeast, Hebei to the southwest, and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. The Yalu River marks the international border with North Korea, emptying into the Korea Bay between Dandong, Liaoning and Sinuiju, North Korea.