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Liaoyuan (lyou`yüän`), city (1994 est. pop. 377,300), SW Jilin prov., China, on the railroad connecting Changchun and Dalian. It is a coal-mining center with a large thermal generating plant. Chemicals, plastics, and textiles are also produced. It was the capital of Liaobei Liaobei or Liaopei , former province (c.47,000 sq mi/121,700 sq km), NE China. The capital was Liaoyuan. It was one of nine provinces created in Manchuria in 1945 by the Chinese Nationalist government.
..... Click the link for more information. prov. from 1945 to 1949; from 1949 to 1954 it was part of Liaodong prov. Liaoyüan a city in China in Kirin Province on the Tungliao Ho (basin of the Liao Ho), near the Erhlung Shan reservoir. Population, 200,000 (1958). It is the center of the Liaoyuan coal basin. Coal mining is the principal industry; there is also machine building and the production of paper, textiles, and vegetable oil. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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