Liaoxi (province)

Liaoxi
遼西
Province of China
1949–1954
Location of Liaoxi in China
CapitalJinzhou
History 
• Established
1949
• Disestablished
1954
Today part of

Liaoxi (simplified Chinese: 辽西; traditional Chinese: 遼西; pinyin: Liáoxī; Wade–Giles: Liao-hsi; lit. 'West of the Liao') was a former province in Northeast China, located in what is now part of Liaoning and Jilin. It existed from 1949 to 1954, and its capital was Jinzhou.

Administrative divisions

Name Administrative Seat Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Subdivisions
Jinzhou Jinzhou 锦州市 Jǐnzhōu Shì 7 districts
Siping Siping 四平市 Sìpíng Shì 5 districts
Shanhaiguan Shanhaiguan 山海关市 Shānhǎiguān Shì none
Fuxin Fuxin 阜新市 Fùxīn Shì 3 districts
directly-controlled 21 counties

References

  1. ↑ Jung, Keun-Sik (2015). "China's Memory and Commemoration of the Korean War in the Memorial Hall of the "War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea"". Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review. 4 (1): 14–39. doi:10.1353/ach.2015.0027. ISSN 2158-9674.
  2. ↑ "Shanhaiguan (Hebei, China)", Asia and Oceania, 2012, pp. 759–763, doi:10.4324/9780203059173-172, ISBN 9780203059173, retrieved 2022-09-14