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·area：4744 square kilometre ·longitude：123° 10' 东 ·latitude：41° 14' 北 ·altitude：25 m ·population：181 0000 ·postcode：111000 ·areacode：0419	Liaoyang (Simplified Chinese: 辽阳; Traditional Chinese: 遼陽; pinyin: Liáoyáng) is a city in China, Liaoning province, located in the middle of the beautiful and rich Liaodong Peninsula. The city is situated on the T'ai-tzu River. It is approximately one hour south of Shenyang by car. Liaoyang suffers from heavy air pollution. There is little or no 'night life.' The inhabitants of the city are not used to visitors from the outside. While friendly, their spontaneous exclamations of surprise can be overwhelming. History Liaoyang is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in northeast China. The city has a number of sites of historical interest. Among these is the White Pagoda (baita), which dates back to the Yuan dynasty. The Liaoyang White Pagoda sits in White Pagoda Park. Liaoyang was once the capitol of Manchuria. The Emperor moved the capitol to Shenyang in 1625, without ever looking back. It was the site of the Battle of Liaoyang (August 24-September 4, 1904), which was one of the major battles of the Russo-Japanese War. Tourism There are man-made scenes, and a few natural beauty and scenic spots. The lack of greenspace throughout the city is noticeable. Chief among points of interest are: Huo Jia Jiaozi, a traditional dumpling restaurant, and Ming Du Sangna, a place for the wealthy elite to meet for a bath. Famous people from Liaoyang Xueqin Cao" (曹雪芹): he was known by "hong lou meng"(红楼梦). Situated at 122°36´ -123°41´E, 40°55´ -41°31´N, and located in the middle of the beautiful and rich Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoyang is both an ancient city and a newly built petrochemical and textile industrial city. The city governs one county,one city(county level) and five districts, covering 4,731 square kilometers with urban population of 690,000 and total population of 1.78 million. Infrastructure Liaoyang is located in the geographically advantageous position with sound transportation convenience, to the south of Liaoyang lies the Capital of Steel -- Anshan, to the north is the capital of the province-Shenyang, to the east is the city of coal and iron-Benxi and to the west Liaoyang borders on Liaohe Oil Field, Changchun-Dalian railroad and Shenyang-Dalian highway run through Liaoyang from north to south, and Liaoyang –Benxi railroad links east and west. Dalian port is 332 Kilometers from Liaoyang, Bayuquan port is 162 kilometers from Liaoyang and Taoxian International airport is 60 Kilometers from Liaoyang and .the communications in Liaoyang are highly developed. Telephones in Liaoyang have been controlled by program and the total telephone exchange capacity has reached 240,000 sets. International direct dialing, mobile phone and fax are common. Internet service is widely used and promoted. Service Facilities The virescence, beautification and purification of the environment in Liaoyang take a leading position in the whole province. Liaoyang is a class A provincial level clean city and an advanced city meeting the standard set by the “ Green Leaf Cup” of the province. There are various complete investment and service facilities in the city. Customs clearance and commodity inspection can be carried out in the city, and banks can handle international account settling business. Intermediary agencies such as law office, accountant office, audit office, asset estimating office, international economic and trade research institute which offer consultation for investment, and import/export services etc can render satisfactory services to the clients. There are various medical institutions, luxury hotels, libraries, popular art halls, museums and stadiums etc in Liaoyang. Tourism Liaoyang has abundant man-made scenes and natural beauties and scenic spots. Historical man-made scenes mainly include the wall paintings of tomb group of the Han and the Wei dynasties, the Gaojuli Yanzhou city (Bai Yan city) remains, the Eight Treasure Glazed Well, the White Pagoda of the Liao Period. Qingfeng Temple of the Ming dynasty, the remains of ancient city wall, the remains of Dongjing city of the Qing dynasty, Dongjing Tomb, the Cao Xueqin Statuary, the typical northern mansion built in the early days of the Republic of china, the Mansion of the Family Pengs (now a modern museum), the articles of prehistory days unearthed, valuable historic cultural documents and the birthday writing by Emperor Jia Qin and 125 famous scholars of Qianlong, Jia Qing periods presented to the famous imperial tutor Wang Erlie. Natural landscapes include Tanghe scenic spot with its green hill and clear water, the natural beauties of Hehuogou, the charms of Stone Cave Forest Park, the raging water of Shenwo reservoir scenic spot, the twists of ever flowing Taizhi River, the Caster Cave formed some 4 million years ago, Guanyin Cave and the all year round freezing land and cold cave of Gushaocheng.

liaoyang city introduction