Shenyang (UK: /ʃɛnˈjæŋ/, US: /ʃʌnˈjɒŋ/;[4] simplified Chinese: 沈阳; traditional Chinese: 瀋陽; pinyin: Shěnyáng; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʂə̀n.jǎŋ]), formerly known as Fengtian (Chinese: 奉天) or by its Manchu name Mukden, is a major Chinese sub-provincial city and the provincial capital of Liaoning province. Located in central-north Liaoning, it is the province's most populous city, with a total metropolitan population up to 9.02 million.[5] The largest city in Northeast China by urban population,[6] with 6.3 million people (2010 census),[7] Shenyang is also the central city of one of the major megalopolises in China, the Greater Shenyang Metropolitan Area, which has a total population over 23 million. The city's administrative region includes the ten metropolitan districts of Shenyang proper, the county-level city of Xinmin, and two counties: Kangping and Faku.