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Liaoyang

a city in NE China, in S Manchuria, in Liaoning province: a regional capital in the early dynasties. Pop.: 752 000 (2005 est.)
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Liaoyang

 

a city in Northeast China, in Liaoning Province, near the Taitzu Ho, a left tributary of the Liao Ho. Population, 189,000 (1959). It is a railroad junction. Industry is represented by textile, machine-building, iron casting, cement, and food-processing enterprises. Coal and iron ore are mined near Liaoyang.

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In 1621, this khanate seized major Han-Chinese towns in near north-east China, and moved its capital to LiaoYang [[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], 'warm-side of Liao River'] (present-day Liaoyang).
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