丹东
Dandong

Abbreviation: - (pinyin: -)
Origin of Name	Renamed from 安东 (Andong) in 1965
Seat of Government	Zhenxing District
Area	14,910 km²
Population  - Total (Year)  - Density	2,390,000
GDP in RMB�  - Total (Year)  - per capita	- � - �
Misc -
Administration Type	prefecture-level city (地级市 d�j�sh�).
CPC Dandong Committee Secretary	Cai Zhefu蔡哲夫
Mayor	Chen Tiexin 陈铁新
County-level divisions	-
Township-level divisions	-
Postal Code	1180nn
Area Code	0415
License Plate Prefix	辽F

Dandong (Simplified Chinese: 丹东) is a city in the Chinese province of Liaoning. It is on the border between China and North Korea, marked by the Yalu River. Also at this point, the river opens up into Korea Bay. The size of the administrative city is 14,910 square kilometers; the urban city is 563 square kilometers in size and has around 700,000 people. The administrative city covers around 2.4 million people as of 2001.

Landmarks

The city is across the river from Shinŭiju, North Korea. The two cities are connected by the Sino-Korea Friendship Bridge (also called the China-Korea Friendship Bridge). Another major landmark is Hushan Great Wall, which marks the eastern end of the start of the Ming Dynasty's extension to the Great Wall.

History

Maps and artifacts suggest that the area has been settled since the Zhou Dynasty. The area became known as Andang county in 1876. It was occupied by Japan after the start of the first Sino-Japanese War in 1894. During the Manchukuo era it was the capital of Andang Province, one of the fourteen provinces established by Manchukuo. It adopted its present name on January 20, 1965.

External links

• Government website (http://www.dandong.gov.cn/) (Chinese)

ja:丹東