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Liaoxi (province)

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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.[1] It existed from 1949 to 1954, and its capital was Jinzhou.

Administrative divisions

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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[2] 山海关市 Shānhǎiguān Shì none
Fuxin Fuxin 阜新市 Fùxīn Shì 3 districts
directly-controlled 21 counties

References

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  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