Anshan is an inland prefecture-level city in central-southeast Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, about 92 kilometres (57 mi) 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 (3,580 sq mi) spanning 133 km (83 mi) from east to 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.