Fushun

Fushun is a prefecture-level city in Liaoning province in northeastern China, about 45 km (28 mi) east of the provincial capital Shenyang. It sits on the Hun River, whose name means muddy river, and is described as one of the industrial and economic development hubs of Liaoning. The prefecture covers 11,272 square kilometers, of which 714 square kilometers is the city proper. At the 2020 census the prefecture had a total population of 1,854,372 people. Fushun is nicknamed the City of Coal because of its large coal mines, and it also developed shale oil, aluminum, machinery, chemical and rubber industries. The article also records its long history as a Ming walled city founded in 1384, its heavy industrialization under Japanese control, and its gaining of city status in 1937.