| Liyang | |
| Settlement Type: | County-level city |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | 213300 |
| Pushpin Map: | China Jiangsu |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jiangsu |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jiangsu |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Changzhou |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdivisions |
| Area Footnotes: | (2018)[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1535.87 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 80 |
| Population Total: | 785,092 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Urban: | 495,507 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 31.4306°N 119.4788°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Liyang is a county-level city under the administration of Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. In 2020, it had a population of 785,092.[2] It borders the prefecture-level divisions of Wuxi to the east, Xuancheng (Anhui) to the south, and Nanjing to the west.
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 10 towns.[3]
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Liyang has a total area of . Liyang resides at the boundary of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces and is part of the Yangtze River Delta.
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.
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.
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.
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has a campus in Liyang for its School of Civil Aviation and School of General Aviation.