Liaoyuan

Liaoyuan
辽源市
Liao-yüan
Nickname: 
大疙瘩 ("Great lump")
Liaoyuan City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China
Liaoyuan City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China
Liaoyuan is located in Jilin
Liaoyuan
Liaoyuan
Location of city centre in Jilin
Coordinates (Liaoyuan municipal government): 42°53′17″N 125°08′41″E / 42.8880°N 125.1447°E / 42.8880; 125.1447
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJilin
County-level divisions4
Incorporated (county)August 4, 1902
Incorporated (County-level city)October 15, 1948
Incorporated (Prefecture-level city)October 3, 1983
Municipal seatLongshan District
Government
 • TypePrefecture-level city
 • CPC Liaoyuan SecretaryWu Lan
 • MayorJin Yuhui
Area
5,125 km2 (1,979 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
46.30 km2 (17.88 sq mi)
Elevation
260 m (850 ft)
Population
 (2010)[2]
1,176,645
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
475,400
 • Urban density10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi)
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 72.7 billion
US$ 11.7 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 59,905
US$ 9,618
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
136200
Area code0437
ISO 3166 codeCN-JL-04
License Plate Prefix吉D

Liaoyuan (simplified Chinese: 辽源; traditional Chinese: 遼源; pinyin: Liáoyuán) 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 100 km (62 mi) south of Changchun, the provincial capital. Covering an area of 5,125 km2 (1,979 sq mi), 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.[2]

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b 吉林省统计局发布辽源市常住人口1176645人. Sina. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  3. ^ 吉林省统计局、国家统计局吉林调查总队 (September 2016). 《吉林统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7899-5. Archived from the original on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2017-06-05.