- Liaoning Province

Population: 37.2 million

Urban population: 25.7 million

Nationalities: Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Korean, and Xibe.

Area: 150,000 square kilometers

Climatic features: Temperate, humid, monsoonal climate in the coastal region; subtropical, semi-humid, monsoonal climate in the north; hot, rainy summers; long, cold winters; short, windy springs.

Average temperature: -17 C to -5 C in January, 21 C to 25 C in July.

Annual Average Rainfall: 400 - 1200 mm; high precipitation in the eastern mountain area; 60 percent of the rain falls from June to August.

Physical features: High in the west and east; low plains in the central and southern coastal areas; the Liaodong Peninsula in the south stretched out to enclose the Bohai Gulf.

Mountains: Qianshan Mountains in the east, which are an extension of the Changbai Mountains; Nulu'erhu Mountains in the west.

Rivers: Liaohe River, the principal waterway of the province; Yalu River, which forms the boundary between China and Korea.

Products: Corn, millet, sorghum, rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, peanuts, sesame; cotton, ambary hemp, silk cocoons, flax, tussah; apples, pears, grapes, ginseng, antlers; sea products including cutlass fish, yellow croaker, shrimp, and shellfish; iron, coal, oil shale, manganese, magnesium, talcum, petroleum, salt.

Administrative divisions: 19 cities, 34 counties, and 5 autonomous counties.

Capital: Shenyang

Neighboring Areas: Jilin, Hebei, and Inner Mongolia.

Major Cities: Shenyang, Dalian, Anshan, Fushun, Benxi, Dandong, Jinzhou, Yingkou.

Tourist Attractions: 350-year-old Imperial Palace in Shenyang; Dalian, a summer resort.

Source: Atlas of the Peoples Republic of China, Beijing, 1989.

Last modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003