Liaoyuan
Sign in to saveLiaoyuan () is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is bounded on the west and south by Tieling of Liaoning province, west and north by Siping, and east by Tonghua and Jilin City. Liaoyuan lies some south of Changchun, the provincial capital. Covering an area of , Liaoyuan is the smallest among the prefecture-level divisions of Jilin. Liaoyuan has a total population of 1,176,645 in the prefecture, while the urban area has a population of 462,233.
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- Liaoyuan
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- 辽源市
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- Liao-yüan
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- Prefecture-level city
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- ("Great lump")
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- Liaoyuan City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China
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- Jilin
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- Location of city centre in Jilin
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- Liaoyuan municipal government
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Province
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- Jilin
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- 4
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- Incorporated (county)
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Liaoyuan () is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is bounded on the west and south by Tieling of Liaoning province, west and north by Siping, and east by Tonghua and Jilin City. Liaoyuan lies some south of Changchun, the provincial capital. Covering an area of , Liaoyuan is the smallest among the prefecture-level divisions of Jilin. Liaoyuan has a total population of 1,176,645 in the prefecture, while the urban area has a population of 462,233.
==History== Liaoyuan was an imperial hunting ground during the Qing dynasty, going by the name Shengjing Paddock (). Ordinary citizens were prohibited from entering this region until late 1800s, when waves of immigrants from Hebei, Shandong and Henan began to populate Manchuria (see Chuang Guandong). In 1902, Qing government established '''Xi'an County''' () in this region, which became today's Xi'an District.