Dandong is a local name and a prosperous city in Liaoning.

Dandong is a prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province, located in the southeast of Liaoning Province, facing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea across the river in the east, the Yellow Sea in the south, Anshan in the west, Dalian in the southwest and Benxi in the north. Geographical coordinates are123 22' east to125 42' north to 4109' north.

The maximum horizontal distance from east to west 196 km, the maximum vertical distance from north to south 160 km, the coastline 126 km, and the total area 15200 square kilometers. ? According to the results of the seventh national census, as of 0: 00 1 1 in June 2020, the permanent population of Dandong was 2 188436. It has jurisdiction over 3 municipal districts, 1 autonomous county and 2 county-level cities.

Dandong is the starting point of the northern end of China's coastline, located in the center of Northeast Asia, an important intersection of the Northeast Asian economic circle and the economic circles around Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea. It is a city along the river, along the coast and along the border with industry, commerce, ports, logistics and tourism as the main body, and a state-level border cooperation zone.

Pilot areas and open cities along the coast are mainly developed in China. Railway, highway, pipeline and airport ports 10, China-DPRK border trade zone 1 0. It is the largest port city of China's trade with the DPRK, and also a privileged tourist city of China. It is the only city in Asia with border crossings, airports, high-speed rail, river ports, seaports and expressways, and a regional circulation node city.

Dandong's per capita water consumption is four times that of Liaoning Province, and its forest coverage rate is 65.32%. It is a natural green umbrella supporting Liaodong Peninsula. 64 kinds of mineral resources have been discovered, which is the "Boron Capital" of China. Dandong, rich in geothermal resources, is a famous hot spring resort and known as "the city of hot springs in China". Dandong, known as "the largest and most beautiful border city in China", is a national health city, a national garden city, an excellent tourist city in China, a national double-support model city and one of the top ten pension resorts in China.

As of July 20 17, Dandong has three municipal districts, 1 autonomous county and two county-level cities. ***60 towns, 4 townships, 24 streets, 183 communities, 655 villages. Yinhe Street 100, Xincheng, the resident of the municipal government.