Anshan West railway station (IATA: VBL) is a railway station in Anshan, Liaoning province, China. It opened along with the Harbin–Dalian high-speed railway on 1 December 2012.
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Anshan Teng'ao Airport, also called Anshan Air Base is a civil-military airport serving the city of Anshan in Liaoning Province, and a People's Liberation Army Air Force installation in the Northern Theater Command Air Force. It is located in the town of Teng'ao, 11.8 km southwest of the city center. The airport maintains regular commercial flights to a handful of major Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, and Guangzhou. The airport also serves as the headquarters of the 1st Fighter Brigade which operates Chengdu J-20 stealth fighters. Commercial flights began in 1987, ceased in 2002, and resumed in April 2011 with a single route to Beijing.
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Tiexi District, is located in the southwest of Anshan, Liaoning province, China.
The main plant of Anshan Steel limited company is in this district. The Technology developing district is also here.
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Qianshan District is a district of the city of Anshan, Liaoning province, People's Republic of China.
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Anshan railway station is a railway station located in Anshan, Liaoning, China, on the Shenyang-Dalian and Harbin–Dalian lines, which are operated by China Railway.
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Anshan is an inland prefecture-level city in central-southeast Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, about 92 kilometres south of the provincial capital Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, it was Liaoning's third most populous city with a population of 3,325,372 people, over an area of about 9,270 km2 spanning 133 km from east to the west. Its built-up area encompassing the 4 Anshan urban districts, the 4 out of 5 urban Liaoyang districts and Liaoyang county largely being conurbated, was home to 2,712,789 inhabitants in 2020.
The city's name came from the horse saddle-like shape of a nearby mountain south of the city, which can be seen on the left about five minutes before the northbound train arrives at Anshan railway station. Anshan is home to the Anshan Iron and Steel Group, one of the largest steel producers in China. Anshan is sister city with Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Anshan holds one-third of the world's supply of talcum and a quarter of the world's reserves of magnesite. Anshan also produced the largest ever jade stone, now a local tourist attraction carved as a Buddha statue.
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Chinese Eastern Railway South Manchuria Railway South Manchuria Railway Zone Changchun Light Rail Transit