Shenyang

Shenyang, Liaoning province, China: library

Shenyang, Wade-Giles romanization Shen-yang, conventional Mukden, capital of Liaoning sheng (province), China, and the largest city in the Northeast (formerly Manchuria). It is one of China’s greatest industrial centres. Shenyang is situated in the southern portion of the vast Northeast (Manchurian) Plain just north of the Hun River, a major tributary of the Liao River. The city site is a flat, low-lying alluvial plain, although the land rises to the east toward the forested slopes of the Changbai Mountains. Pop. (2002 est.) city, 3,995,531; (2007 est.) urban agglom., 4,787,000.