Shenyang is the biggest center city in northeast China. It has within its jurisdiction 9 districts,3 ounties,1city and 5 development zones .Here live more than 40 nationalities such as the Han ,the Man ,the Korean,the Hui,the Xibo,the Mongolian and So on.Its total population is 7,369,000 among which town population is 4,884,000. It covers an area of 13,000 km 2 .
Unique Regional Advantages Shenyang lies between north latitudes 41°11'51" and 43°13", between east longitudes122°25F9" and 123°48' 24" and in the center of Liaoning Province .It is the center of Northeast Asia and the hinterland of Liaotung Peninsu1a. Within a 150km radius taking Shenyang as the center. there are a group of industrial cities with rich resources and profound power AnShan , Benxi Fushun ,Liaoyang,Tieling,Yingkou (by Alphabetic order),which form a race city cluster in the world alian Port ,the New Yingkou Port and Jinzhou Port are no more than 400km to Shenyang.
Shenyang lies on the boundary between the Liao Plain and the tail of the Changbai Mountains. In the west. There is a plain stretching to the horizon; and in the east, there are a lot of mountains with verdant grass and trees. Shenyang has a semiwetness continent climate of the north temperature zone and it has concentrated precipitation and distinct seasons because of the monsoon. Its annual average temperature is 8.3℃, the lowest temperature is -28.5℃ and the highest temperature is 36.1℃. Its annual rainfall is 501.5mm and the non-frost period is 183 days. In winter, Shenyang is covered by snow; in spring, it has booming flowers and singing birds, in summer, it owns verdant grass and tress; and in autumn, it possesses clear sky and pleasant air.
Shenyang is the traffic center of Northeast China. Its traffic extents to all directions and it costs at most the time from the morning to the evening to each city of Liaoning Province, Beijing, Tianjin, Changchun, Harbin and So on. Shenyang is one of the biggest railway hinges, there are 6 mains meeting here and connecting 8 laterals, which can reach each corner of China and are the key roads to North Korea and Russia. Also, Shenyang is the aviation hinge, the largest airport in Northeast China, Shenyang Tiaoxian international Airport, can reach 58 domestic cities as well as South Korea, Japan, Russia, Thail and ,USA, Franc, Australia, Hong Kong and so on.
Shenyang lies on the north bank of Hui River (called as shenshui in the ancient times)and So it gets its name.According to the textual research on Xinle Site, in 72,00 B.C, the ancestor of Shenyangers lived here. From 300 BC (12 years after the Zhao king of Yan kingdom got the power) when the Yan Kingdom dispatched General Qin kai to station troops here for border defence and the general founded Hou City till now, Shenyang has a history of mom than 2,300 years .Shenyang is frequently called as "the irthplace of one dynasty and the capital of two generations of kings". In 1625, the founder of he Qing Kingdom, Nurhaci, moved the capital here and changed he name into Shengjlng, In 1636, the son of Nurhaci changed the name of its kingdom into "Qing" and established the Qing Dynasty. In1644, when the Qing troops got across the Gate and made Beijmg as the capital, Shengjing was made as the sub-capital. In1657, Fenguan Fu (Government of office) was set. In 1945 when the anti-Japanese war was over, the city was changed into Shenyang . |