Liyang (p=Lìyáng) is a county-level city under the administration of Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. In 2024, it had a population of 806,900.
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.
At present, Liyang City has 3 subdistricts and 9 towns.
- 3 subdistricts
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Kunlun (昆仑街道)
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Licheng (溧城街道)
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Guxian (古县街道)
- 9 towns
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.
Climate
Liyang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen
Cfa), with an average annual temperature of 16.6 °C (61.9 °F), It's higher than
Nanjing and lower than
Suzhou. The average annual precipitation is 1198.8 mm (47.18 in). The monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 33% in June to 47% in August, the city receives 1,824.9 hours of bright sunshine annually. In recent years, Liyang has warmed up faster, take 2025 as an example, the average temperature of Liyang was 18.6 °C (65.5 °F) which was 2.0 °C higher than the average from 1991 to 2020.
Transportation
The Nanjing–Hangzhou Passenger Railway crosses Liyang. As of 2020, over 80 passenger trains make daily stops at Liyang Railway Station, which is located 5 kilometres south of downtown Liyang. The shortest commute time to major cities nearby by train is 26 minutes for
Nanjing and 53 minutes for
Hangzhou. There are also direct connections to other major Chinese cities such as
Beijing,
Shanghai,
Xiamen,
Tianjin,
Qingdao,
Wuhan,
Changsha, and
Kunming.
National highways G25 and G4011 cross Liyang.
The nearest major airport is Nanjing Lukou International Airport, roughly one hour by car away.
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
Tian Mu Lake inside Liyang, is a popular tourist area featuring the lake, resorts, and famous fish head soup.
Nanshan Zhuhai is another tourist site with great views of bamboo trees all over the hills.
It is also an artificial lake.
Education
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has a campus in Liyang for its School of Civil Aviation and School of General Aviation.
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Liyang Guanghua Senior School
Notable people
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Wu Yun Dong, theoretical organic chemist
Sister cities
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Hakusan, Ishikawa (once Mattō, Ishikawa), Japan (since 1996)
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Union City, California, United States (since 2010)
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Leeuwarden, Netherlands (since 2011)
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Fauquier County, Virginia, United States (since 2013)
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Chatham-Kent, Canada (since 2014)
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Fulda (district), Germany (since 2016)
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Paphos, Cyprus (since 2018)
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Columbia, Maryland, United States (since 2018)
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Truskavets, Ukraine (since 2020)
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Galway, Ireland (since 2023)
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