Dandong, a prefecture-level city of Liaoning Province, is located in the southeast of Liaoning Province, facing Sinuiju City of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea across the river in the east, the Yellow Sea in the south, Anshan in the west, Dalian City in the southwest and Benxi City in the north. The geographical coordinates are between 123°22 'and 125°42' east, and between 39°43 'and 41°09' north. The maximum horizontal distance between east and west is 196 kilometers, the maximum vertical distance between north and south is 160 kilometers, the coastline is 120 kilometers, the total area is 15,222 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 3 municipal districts, 1 autonomous county, 2 county-level cities. The total population in 2016 was 2,379,000

 

Dandong is the northern starting point of China's coastline, located in the center of Northeast Asia, and an important intersection of Northeast Asia economic circle and Bohai and Yellow Sea economic Circle. It is a city along the river, along the coast and along the border with industry, commerce and trade, logistics and tourism as the main body. It is a national border cooperation zone, a national key development and opening pilot zone along the border, and a coastal open city. It has 10 ports of 5 types, including ports, railways, highways, pipelines and airports, and 1 China-DPRK border citizen trade zone. It is the largest port city of China's trade with the DPRK and a national franchised tourist city to the DPRK. It is the only city in Asia with border ports, airports, high-speed railways, river ports, seaports and expressways, as well as regional circulation node cities.

 

In 2016, Dandong's per capita water consumption was four times that of Liaoning Province, and its forest coverage reached 61.6 percent. It is a natural green umbrella supporting the Liaodong Peninsula. 64 kinds of mineral resources have been discovered, which is the "boron capital" of China. Dandong is rich in geothermal resources, is a famous hot spring resort, won the "Chinese Hot Spring City". Dandong is known as "the largest and most beautiful border city in China", the national health city [4], the national garden city, the outstanding tourism city in China, the national model city of double support, and one of the top ten retirement resorts in China.

 

population

 

At the end of 2016, the total population of Dandong was 2.379 million, of which 1.072 million were urban. In the total population, the male population was 1.191 million and the female population was 1.188 million; There are 100.3 males for every 100 females. The annual emigration population was 0.66 million and the emigration population was 0.92 million. The birth rate was 7.48‰, the death rate 7.63‰, and the natural population growth rate was -0.15‰. Dandong is a multi-ethnic region with 29 ethnic groups, including Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Korean, Xibe, etc. Besides Han, Manchu has the largest population, mainly concentrated in Fengcheng City, Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County town (township) and Helong Manchu Town in Donggang City. The Mongolian people mainly concentrated in Dabu Mongolian town in Fengcheng; The Hui people mainly live in urban areas and counties (cities) in Dandong. The Korean ethnic group is mainly distributed in the urban areas of Dandong City, Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County along the Yalu River and Fengcheng and Donggang rural areas. The Xibo people are mainly concentrated in the southwest of Fengcheng City, with the characteristics of large dispersion and small settlemen