Shenyang
Shenyang | |
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![]() Location of Shenyang City in Liaoning and the PRC | |
Coordinates: 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 ( |
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 | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
• Urban | 5,743,718 |
• Urban density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
Postal code | 110000 |
Area code | 24 |
License plate prefixes | 辽A |
GDP (2010) | CNY 501.5 billion[1] |
- per capita | CNY 79,106[1] |
Website | shenyang.gov.cn |
Shenyang | |||||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 沈阳 | ||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Shěnyáng | ||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | the city to the north of Shen River or submerge light | ||||||||||||||||||
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Manchu name | |||||||||||||||||||
Manchu script | 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.
The city’s name means "the city to the north of Shen River". It comes from the Hun River on the city’s south side, which used to be called the Shen River. People started living here 7,200 years ago.
Major companies[change | change source]
Many major industrial companies have their headquarters in Shenyang. Brilliance Auto is a major Chinese automobile manufacturer. Most of its production plants are also in Shenyang. Shenyang Aircraft Corporation makes airplanes for civilian use as well as for the PLAAF. Neusoft Group is the biggest software company in China. Shenyang Machine Tool Group is the largest machine tool manufacturer in China. Tyco International, General Motors, and Michelin Shenyang Tire Corporation, are expanding their operations in Shenyang due to a deep pool of skilled technical labor; good transportation; low land-use fees; and solid local support.
Sports[change | change source]
Shenyang is famous for its football tradition. The local football team is the Liaoning F.C., in the Chinese Super League. Another Chinese Super League team, Shenyang Jinde moved to Changsha in 2007. Shenyang Olympic Sports Centre Stadium was a venue for the football preliminary of 2008 Summer Olympics.
Shenyang Sport University is a famous professional sports university in China. The university is the training base for winter sports in China and has many Olympic champions.
Colleges and universities[change | change source]
- Northeastern University (东北
大学 /東北大學 ) - China Medical University (
中国 医科 大学 /中國 醫科 大學 ) - Shenyang Agricultural University (沈阳农业
大学 /沈阳农业大学 ) - Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (沈阳药科
大学 /瀋陽 藥科 大學 ) - Shenyang Aerospace University (沈阳
航空 航 天 大学 /瀋陽 航空 航 天 大學 ) - Shenyang Jianzhu (Architectural) University (沈阳
建 筑大学 /瀋陽 建築 大學 ) - Shenyang University of Chemical Technology
- Shenyang Institute of Chemical Technology (沈阳
化工 大学 /瀋陽 化工 學院 ) - Shenyang Medical College (沈阳
医学 院 ) - Shenyang Normal University (沈阳师范
大学 /瀋陽 師範 大學 ) - Liaoning University (辽宁
大学 /遼寧 大學 ) - Shenyang Ligong University (沈阳
理工 大学 /瀋陽 理工 大學 ) - Shenyang University (沈阳
大学 /瀋陽 大學 ) - Shenyang University of Technology (沈阳
工 业大学 /瀋陽 工業 大學 ) - Shenyang Sport University (沈阳
体育 学院 /瀋陽 體育 學院 ) - Shenyang Institute of Engineering (沈阳
工程 学院 /瀋陽 工程 學院 ) - Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (辽宁
中 医 药大学 /遼寧 中 醫藥 大學 )
Twin towns and sister cities[change | change source]
Shenyang is twinned with:
- Sapporo, Japan (1980)
- Kawasaki, Japan (1981)
- Turin, Italy (1985)
- Chicago, United States (1985)
- Irkutsk, Russia (1992)
- Quezon City, Philippines (1993)
- Ramat Gan, Israel (1993)
- Monterrey, Mexico (1993)
- Seongnam, South Korea (1998)
- Yaoundé, Cameroon (1998)
- Katowice, Poland (2007)
- Thessaloniki, Greece
- Gumi, South Korea
- Leverkusen, Germany
- Düsseldorf, Germany
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Today, Shenyang - China's Shenyang government portal:
今日 沈阳--中国 沈阳政府 门户网" (in Chinese). Shenyang City People's Government. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-25. - ↑ Kunming Archived 2007-05-26 at the Wayback Machine Online Encyclopedia.
Other websites[change | change source]
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