Pailou () is a small mining

town 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 ori ...

about 20 kilometers southeast of Haicheng, Liaoning in Northeast China. A large

magnesium Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a shiny gray metal having a low density, low melting point and high chemical reactivity. Like the other alkaline earth metals (group 2 of the periodic ta ...

mine (

Xiafangshen mine The Xiafangshen Magnesium Mine () is one of the largest magnesium mines in China and in the world. The mine is located in the central part of Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, ...

) is located just south of town. Agricultural activities are present. This town consists of a main boulevard that extends from west to east. It has an area of and a population of 39,900.

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Haicheng, Liaoning Towns in Liaoning {{Liaoning-geo-stub

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