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Anshan is the third largest prefecture level city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Situated in the central area of the province, Anshan is about south of Shenyang, the provincial capital. Anshan is on the boundary between the Mountains of eastern Liaoning and the plains of the west. The prefecture has a population of 3,584,000 people and covers an area of about . The distance from the east to the west of the prefecture is . The area contains the famous Qianshan National Park. The city's name is derived from the shape of a nearby mountain that resembles the shape of a horse's saddle, which can be seen on the left (west) about five minutes before the northbound train arrives at Anshan Station. Anshan is home to the Anshan Iron and Steel Group, one of the largest steel producers in China. Anshan is sister cities with Sheffield
Anshan has a population of 3.65 million at the 2010 census. Anshan holds one third of the worlds supply of talcum Anshan holds a quarter of the worlds reserves of magnesite Anshan also produced the largest ever jade stone, now a local tourist attraction carved as a Buddha. The built up area encompassing 4 Anshan urban districts (1,529,350 inhabitants) and urban Liaoyang is home to more than 2.17 million inhabitants in 2010.
Anshan ( Anšan, Elamite Anzan), modern Tall-i Malyan, was an ancient city in Iran. The site is located 46 km north of Shiraz, in the Beyza/ Ramjerd plain, in the province of Fars in the Zagros mountains, south-western Iran.
It was one of the early capitals of Elam from the late 4th millennium BC. Later, in the 7th century BC, it became one of the early capitals of Persia.
Anshan is a city in Liaoning province, PR China
Anshan may also refer to :
- Anshan (Persia), an ancient Persian capital
- Izeh, a city in Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran
- Anshan, Hebei, China
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Anshan-class destroyer
- Chinese destroyer Anshan (101)
- 3136 Anshan, a main-belt asteroid
- A commonly used word for a hunger strike in India
Ships named Anshan
- Chinese destroyer Anshan (101)
- Anshan class destroyer
Usage examples of "anshan".
The southwest corner of Anshan contains the Persian highlands, whose clan leader was Cyrus the Achaemenid, hereditary lord of Anshan.
They rode out of the court and on out through the dark silent windings of forest that enlaced Anshan.
The Humanites were gone-their warriors, led by Hoik, had gone back to Anshan.
The Humanites were gone--their warriors, led by Hoik, had gone back to Anshan.
Yet we must pass Vruun to reach Anshan, the city in the south which we Humanites hold.
Again the lights of Anshan came into view as they topped another rise in the plain.
The forest came into Anshan as though by right, was woven into its design in wide windings of dense foliage.
It was the weirdness of the wide windings of forest which interlaced the city that made Anshan seem older than human history.
Hasten you to the forest-edge above Anshan and watch if the Humanites trail me!
He realized then that those towers had been built as eyries for the Winged Ones, that all Vruun, like Anshan, had been built to house this incredible fraternal mingling of species!
He was going to Anshan and somehow he would bring Barin back to Vruun.
He remembered the bitter pride of the captive Hoofed Ones in Anshan, when he had ridden out with Tark and Lefty and Shan Kar on their ill-starred mission.
Ahead of him lay the open plains around Anshan, and in them lay death.
Far out upon it Anshan burned like a great jewel in its setting of green forest by the river.
Nelson and Tark ran beside them and, overhead, the eagle soared, and where men of Anshan tried to stand against them they were trampled down.