Liyang

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Liyang 溧阳市
County-level city
Nanshan bamboo forest
Liyang Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 31°25′05″N 119°22′41″E / 31.418°N 119.378°E / 31.418; 119.378Coordinates: 31°25′05″N 119°22′41″E / 31.418°N 119.378°E / 31.418; 119.378
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Changzhou
Area  (2018)[1]
• County-level city	1,535.87 km2 (593.00 sq mi)
• Urban	80 km2 (30 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• County-level city	762,500
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
• Urban  (2018)[2]	590,000
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code	213300

Liyang (simplified Chinese: 溧阳; traditional Chinese: 溧陽; pinyin: Lìyáng) is a county-level city under the administration of Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. In 2011, it had a population of about 781,500. It borders the prefecture-level divisions of Wuxi to the east, Xuancheng (Anhui) to the south, and Nanjing to the west.

Administration[]

In August 1990, the PRC State Council approved the upgrade of Liyang from a county to a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changzhou.

In the present, Liyang City has 10 towns.^[3]

10 towns

Geography[]

Liyang has a total area of 1,535.87 square kilometres (593.00 sq mi). Liyang resides at the boundary of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces and is part of the Yangtze River Delta.

Transportation[]

The Nanjing–Hangzhou Passenger Railway crosses Liyang. As of 2015, several trains stop every hour at the Liyang Railway Station, which is located 5 kilometres south of downtown Liyang.^[4]

Language[]

The dialect spoken by most people in Liyang is a Northern Wu dialect closely related to that of Changzhou, while others speak Standard Mandarin or Jianghuai Mandarin.

Sights[]

Tian Mu Lake inside Liyang, is a popular tourist area featuring the lake, resorts, and famous fish head soup. Nanshan Bamboo Sea is another tourist site with great views of bamboo trees all over the hills. It is also an artificial lake.

Notable people[]

• Wu Yun Dong, theoretical organic chemist

Twin cities[]

• Leeuwarden, Netherlands (since 2011)

References[]

External links[]

• Liyang City English guide (Jiangsu.NET)

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