Kaiyuan () is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

in the northeast of

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmo ...

, People's Republic of China, bordering

Jilin Jilin (; Postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three Provinces of China, provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, R ...

for a small section to the north. It is under the administration of

Tieling Tieling () is one of 14 prefecture-level cities in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China. Tieling is a city where coal mining is an important industry. Demographics As of the 2020 census, Tieling was home to 2,388,294 people, wh ...

City, the centre of which lies to the southwest.

Administrative divisions

There are 3 subdistricts, 9

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an or ...

, and 9

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

under the city's administration. Subdistricts: * Xincheng Subdistrict (), Laocheng Subdistrict (), Xingkai Subdistrict () Towns: *Babao (), Qingyunbao (), Kaoshan (), Yemin (), Jingouzi (), Zhonggu (), Bakeshu (), Lianhua (), Weiyuanbao () Townships: * Chengdong Township (), Sanjiazi Township (), Songshanbao Township (), Majiazhai Township (), Lijiatai Township (), Shangbadi Manchu Ethnic Township (), Xiabadi Manchu Ethnic Township (), Huangqizhai Manchu Ethnic Township (),

Linfeng Manchu Ethnic Township Linfeng Town () is an urban Towns of China, town in Changshou District, Chongqing, People's Republic of China. Administrative division The town is divided into 10 Villages of the People's Republic of China, villages, the following areas: Linfe ...

()

Geography and climate

Kaiyuan is situated in northeastern Liaoning in the southeastern part of

City on the eastern bank of the middle reaches of the

Liao River The Liao River () is the principal river in southern Northeast China, and one of the seven main river systems in China. Its name derived from the Liao region, a historical name for southern Manchuria, from which the Liaoning province, Liaodong ...

. It borders

Dongfeng County Dongfeng County () is located in southwestern Jilin province, China and is under the administration of Liaoyuan City. It is mainly agricultural with the main crops being wheat and maize (corn). Its major industry is a pharmaceutical company (Don ...

and Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County to the east, Tieling County to the south, Faku and Changtu counties to the west, and

Lishu County Lishu County () is a county of western Jilin province, China, bordering Liaoning to the southwest. It is under the administration of Siping City Siping (), formerly Ssupingkai (), is a prefecture-level city in the west of Jilin province, People ...

(

) to the north. Its administrative area reaches a maximal north–south extent of and east–west width of . In the east, the land begins to transition to the foothills of the

Changbai Mountains The Changbai Mountains ( simplified Chinese:长白山; traditional Chinese:長白山) are a major mountain range in Northeast Asia that extends from the Northeast Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning, across the border bet ...

, while the west is marked by the

Songliao Plain The Northeast China Plain (), commonly known as Song liao Plain or the Manchurian Plain or just the Northeast Plain, is located in Northeast China, historically also known as Manchuria. It lies between the Greater and Lesser Khingan and Chang ...

. Kaiyuan has a

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...

-influenced

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

( Köppen ''Dwa''), characterised by hot, humid summers and long, cold and windy, but dry winters. The four seasons here are distinctive. A majority of the annual rainfall of occurs in July and August alone. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, and the annual mean is .

Notable people

Sheng Shicai Sheng Shicai (; 3 December 189513 July 1970) was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944. Sheng's rise to power started with a coup d'état in 1933 when he was appointed the ''duban'' or Military Governor of Xinjiang. His rule o ...

(1897–1970), a

warlord A warlord is a person who exercises military, economic, and political control over a region in a country without a strong national government; largely because of coercive control over the armed forces. Warlords have existed throughout much of h ...

who ruled

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwes ...

from 1933 to 1944. *

Xiao Jie Xiao Jie (; born June 1957) is a Chinese politician and an important political aide of Premier Li Keqiang. He is serving as the State Councilor and the Secretary General of the State Council. Xiao served as the Minister of Finance from November ...

(1957), Chinese politician *

Xiaoshenyang Shen He (born 7 May 1981), better known by his stage name Xiaoshenyang (), is a Chinese actor. He was a student of Zhao Benshan and was an errenzhuan performer before joining the film and television industry. Xiaoshenyang became famous immediate ...

(1981), Chinese actor

References

External links

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