Shenyang (, ; ;
Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its
Manchu
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name Mukden, is a major
Chinese sub-provincial city
A sub-provincial division () in China is a prefecture-level city governed by a province promoted by half a level. Thus, it is half a level under the provincial level (hence the name sub-provincial) but half a level above the prefecture-level.
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and the
provincial capital of
Liaoning province
Liaoning () is a coastal provinces of China, 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 i ...
. Located in central-north Liaoning, it is the province's most populous city, with a total population of 9,070,093 inhabitants as of the 2020 census. Among the resident population of the city, the male population is 4,521,021, accounting for 49.85%; the female population is 4,549,072, accounting for 50.15%. The sex ratio of the total population (with women as 100, the ratio of men to women) dropped from 102.10 in the sixth national census in 2010 to 99.38.
Its built-up (or metro) area encompassing 8 Shenyang urban districts and the 4
Fushun urban districts, was home to 8,192,848 inhabitants in 2020. It is also the largest city in
Northeast China by
urban population, with 7.49 million people (2020 census).
Shenyang is also the central city of one of the major
megalopolises in China
In China, a megalopolis () is a designation by the government to promote the development of a group of cities through transportation and communication links. The Economist Intelligence Unit in 2012 identified 13 megalopolises: Chang-Zhu-Tan (Grea ...
, the Greater Shenyang Metropolitan Area, which has a total population over 23 million. The city's administrative region includes the ten metropolitan
districts of Shenyang ''proper'', the
county-level city of
Xinmin, and two
counties:
Kangping and