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Prefecture-level city in Liaoning, People's Republic of China

Liaoyang

Liaoyang is a prefecture-level city of east-central Liaoning province, China, situated on the Taizi River.

Liaoyang
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The place

Liaoyang is a prefecture-level city of east-central Liaoning province, China, situated on the Taizi River. It is approximately one hour south of Shenyang, the provincial capital, by car. Liaoyang is home to Liaoning University's College of Foreign Studies and a number of vocational colleges. The city hosts a limited number of professional basketball and volleyball games in a modern sports facility. According to the latest statistics in 2020, the age distribution of the population in Liaoyang is as follows: 0–14 years old account for 9.83% of the population; 15–59 years old account for 62.26% of the population; 60 years old and above account for 27.91% of the population; 65 years old and above account for 19.46% of the population.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Liaoyang

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Dunhuang Academy

    The Dunhuang Research Academy, originally the National Research Institute on Dunhuang Art, is a "national comprehensive institution" responsible for overseeing the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located near Dunhuang in Gansu, China. Established in 1944 by the Nationalist government, it continues to oversee day-to-day management of the site as well as preservation and research projects.

    700 m · research institute based in Dunhuang, Gansu, China · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    White Pagoda

    The White Pagoda of Liaoyang is a pagoda in Liaoyang, China. The 70.4-metre -tall pagoda is the tallest brick pagoda in Northeast China.

    600 m · building in Liaoyang, China · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    White Pagoda Park
  2. 02
    Guangyou Temple Scenic Area

    Constructed during the Eastern Han Dynasty, this is one of the oldest Buddhist sites in China.

  3. 03
    Longfeng Mountain Scenic Spot and Temple
  4. 04
    Liaoyang City Museum
  5. 05
    Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall
  6. 06
    Wang Erlie Memorial Hall

From Wikivoyage: Liaoyang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Gongchangling Skiing Field

    Tanghe scenic spot, Gongchangling District, Liaoyang..

From Wikivoyage: Liaoyang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Hainan Restaurant (海纳百川; Hǎinàbǎichuān), Xinxing Road (新兴街富虹水月翰宫二期北门西20米),. Sichuan and Xiangcai style boiled fish broth from Beijing. Liaoyang Tain Fu Can Yin Yu Le You Xian Gong Si (辽阳天福餐饮娱乐有限公司), 334 Xinyun Street, Wensheng District (文圣区新运大街334号),. Baida District, Lan'guifan Restaurant (白塔区兰桂坊西餐厅),. Liaoyang City Shi Guang Zhou Tan Huo Shao Kao Chung (辽阳市光洲炭火烧烤城),. Barbecue restaurant.

From Wikivoyage: Liaoyang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Liaoyang

Airports
Shenyang Taoxian (SHE), 48 km · Dalian Zhoushuizi (DLC), 292 km
Stations
Liaoyang railway station, 1.1 km
  • Shenyang → Liaoyang
    62 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · ¥29–38
    GuideToday
  • Dalian (Ganjingzi) → Liaoyang
    294 km · quickest by road, 4h 32m · ¥125–165
    GuideToday
  • Changchun → Liaoyang
    339 km · quickest by road, 5h 30m · ¥145–195
    GuideToday
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Liaoyang

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Liaoyang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

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  2. 02
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    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

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  3. 03
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  4. 04
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  5. 05
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Around it

Next door to Liaoyang

Liaoyang is 23 km from Anshan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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