Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Liaoning (遼寧 pinyin liao2 ning2) is a province of the People's Republic of China. 遼寧省 Province Abbreviation(s): Xx Capital Shenyang Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 21st 145,900 km² xx% Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 13th 42,380,000 290/km² Administration Type Province Table of contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Miscellaneous topics 7.1 Colleges and universities 8 External links History See also: Xianbei Geography Liaoning is located in Manchuria, in the southern part of China's Northeast. Liaoning borders the Yellow Sea (Korea Bay) and the Bohai Gulf in the south, North Korea in the southeast, Jilin Province to the northeast, Hebei Province to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. The Yalu River marks the border between North Korea and the Chinese provinces of Jilin and Liaoning. It empties into the Korea Bay between Dandong (Liaoning) and Shinŭiju (North Korea). Other cities include: Dalian, Jinzhou Other geographical features include: Liaodong Peninsula Economy Demographics Culture In paleontology, it is well known for its extraordinary fossils from the Lower Cretaceous period; eg, the early 'placental' mammal known as Eomaia. Tourism Miscellaneous topics Colleges and universities Dalian University of Technology Northeastern Unversity (Shenyang) External links This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.