Liaoyuan is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province, in northeastern China, lying about 100 kilometers south of the provincial capital Changchun. Covering an area of 5,125 square kilometers, it is the smallest of Jilin's prefecture-level divisions, with a total population of 1,176,645 across the prefecture and 462,233 in its urban area.
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Liaoyuan (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 996,903 (2020)
2. Wikipedia (Chinese): 辽源市
Wikipedia (Chinese)Article text: founding statementQuote, Article text: founding statement
光绪二十九年（1903年），西安县正式建城于安城。
3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 42.888, 125.1447
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation result for the city coordinatesQuote, Elevation result for the city coordinates
"elevation": 260.0
4. Jilin (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationGeography sectionQuote, Geography section
Jilin is landlocked.
5. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell 42.75 N 125.25 E containing the city coordinatesQuote, Grid cell 42.75 N 125.25 E containing the city coordinates
42.75 125.25 Dwa
6. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Shanghai commentQuote, Zone Asia/Shanghai comment
Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai.
Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source Liaoyuan (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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