Liyang


Liyang is a county-level city under the administration of Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. In 2011, it had a population of about 781,500. It borders the prefecture-level divisions of Wuxi to the east, Xuancheng to the south, and Nanjing to the west.

Administration

In August 1990, the PRC State Council approved the upgrade of Liyang from a county to a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changzhou.

Geography

Liyang has a total area of. Liyang resides at the boundary of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces and is part of the Yangtze River Delta.

Transportation

The Nanjing–Hangzhou Passenger Railway crosses Liyang. As of 2015, several trains stop every hour at the Liyang Railway Station, which is located 5 kilometres south of downtown Liyang.

Language

The dialect spoken by most people in Liyang is a Northern Wu dialect closely related to that of Changzhou, while others speak Standard Mandarin or Jianghuai Mandarin.

Sights

inside Liyang, is a popular tourist area featuring the lake, resorts, and famous fish head soup.
Nanshan Bamboo Sea is another tourist site with great views of bamboo trees all over the hills.
It is also an artificial lake.

Notable people