Liyang

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Liyang

Liyang (simplified Chinese: 溧阳; traditional Chinese: 溧陽; pinyin: Lìyáng) is a city in the southwest of Jiangsu province of Eastern China. It is administratively a county-level city under the administration of Changzhou City, and in 1999 had a population of 292,482.

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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 is between 31°0 1'–31° 04' N, 119° 08'–119° 36' E and 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.

Language

The dialect spoken by most people in Liyang is a Northern Wu dialect closely related to that of Changzhou. Min Chinese is also spoken by a minority there.

Sights

Tianmu Lake inside Liyang, is a touring area.

Coordinates: 31°25′N 119°28′E / 31.417°N 119.467°E / 31.417; 119.467

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