Liyang

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.

For other uses, see Liyang (disambiguation).
Liyang

溧阳市
County-level city
Nanshan bamboo forest
Liyang
Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 31°25′05″N 119°22′41″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangsu
Prefecture-level cityChangzhou
Area
 (2018)[1]
 • County-level city1,535.87 km2 (593.00 sq mi)
 • Urban
80 km2 (30 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • County-level city781,500
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2018)[2]
590,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

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.

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.[3]

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

References
  1. Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 22.
  2. Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 22.
  3. Liyang train schedule (in Chinese)


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