Anshanislocatedinthemiddleofliaoningprovince,eastlongitude122°10\'-123°13\',northlatitude40°27\'-41°34\'throughoutnorthandsouth175kilometers,thelongestthingsmost133kmwide,withliaoyangcountyadjacenttothenortheast,connectedtothemerchant,anddashiqiao,zhuanghe,FengChengcountyborderingsouth.City89kilometersawayfromtheseatofthepeople'sgovernmentofshenyang,liaoningprovince,east96kilometersawayfromDouBenXiofcoal,iron,south,308kilometersawayfromdalianport,120kilometerssouthwestfromyingkoupostscriptfishcircle,103kilometerswestofpanjin.IsChina'simportantsteelproductionbases,hence"steelcapital".
Itgovernshaichengcounty,taiancounty,xiuyanmanchuautonomouscountyandTieDong,vega,mountainandqianshanmountainfoururbanareas.Thecity'stotalareaof9252squarekilometersandapopulationof9252people.Thecitycoversanareaof624squarekilometersandapopulationof1.456millionpeople,isoneofChina'sbigcitieswithapopulationofmillionsmore.Anshanintheliaodongpeninsulaopeningtotheoutsideworld,inthecityhavetheadvantageof",,".Thegeographicalpositionismoderate,intheliaodongpeninsulaopeningtotheoutsideareaisconnectedwithdalianasfront,jinzhou,yingkou,dandong,forthetwowings,shenyangasthehinterlandofthecentralurbanagglomerationcrossroads.Withintheterritoryofconvenienttransportation,hasgrownup,trenchrail,seaglazerailway,hadahighway,shenyang-dalianhighwayandanshantoBeijingandairroutesofhuizhou,foshan,andlaunchedatrainfromanshantoBeijing.
Aroundanshanrichinresources,thecityironorereservesofmorethantenbilliontons,accountingforaquarterofthenationalreserves;Southandsouth-eastismagnesiteenrichmentzone,accountsforaboutaquarterofworldreserves;Talcoreisoneofthreemajorregionsinourcountry,leadstheworldinreserves;Xiuyanregionknownasthe"jade"thelaudatoryname,hasrichresourcesofjade;Inaddition,theagriculturalresources,geothermalresources,tourismresourcesareabundant.Theseadvantagesfortheeconomicdevelopmentofanshan,openingtotheoutsideworldandjointcooperationprovidesveryfavorableconditions.