Port Arthur

"Port Arthur (en ruso: -) es el nombre en occidente para Lüshunkou (en chino: ), también conocida como Luyshun,es una ciudad-distrito bajo la administración directa de la ciudad-subprovincia de Dalian. Se ubica en el extremo sur de la punta de la península de Liaodong en el territorio de la actual República Popular China. A principios del siglo XX fue un puerto colonial ruso. El lugar es célebre por haber sido escenario de la Batalla del Mar Amarillo en el marco de la guerra ruso-japonesa entre 1904 y 1905."

"Lüshunkou District, Lyushunkou District, or Lvshunkou District (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Lshùnku Q) is one of the seven districts of Dalian, Liaoning province, China. Also called Lüshun City (; ; Lshùn Shì) or (more literally) Lüshun Port (; ; Lshùn gng), it was formerly known as both Port Arthur (; ; Yàsè Gng; Russian: -; Port-Artur) and Ryojun (Japanese: ). Its area is 512.15 square kilometres (197.74 sq mi) and its permanent population as of 2010 is 324,773. Lüshunkou is located at the extreme southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. It has an excellent natural harbour, the possession and control of which became a casus belli of the Russo-Japanese War (190405). Japanese and then Soviet administration continued until 1953. During the first decade of that period, it was world-famous and was more significant than the other port on the peninsula, Dalian proper. In Western diplomatic, news, and historical writings, it was known as Port Arthur, and during the period when the Japanese controlled and administered the Liaodong (formerly Liaotung) Peninsula it was called Ryojun (), the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters in the city's name."