Dandong

About Dandong

Dandong is a coastal prefecture-level city in southeastern Liaoning, in the northeastern region of China.

It is the largest Chinese border city, facing Sinuiju, North Korea, across the Yalu River, which demarcates the Sino-North Korean border. To the southwest of the city, the river flows into Korea Bay. Dandong has therefore had a dynamic history because of its strategic location for the northeast's rich natural resources and because of its convenient access to the ocean. It is designated as a major export production centre for the province, and is a port city connected by rail with Shenyang and Sinuiju. A significant amount of trade with North Korea flows through the city.

The size of the administrative city (prefecture) is 14,981.4 square kilometres (5,784.4 sq mi). As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,188,436 inhabitants and the built-up area made of 3 urban districts is 830 square kilometres (320 sq mi) (815,576 inhabitants) and Sinuiju, the North Korean neighboring city (359,341 inhabitants), was home to 1,175,199 inhabitants in 2020.

Dandong is located on the western border of North Korea and the northwest (right) shore of the Yalu River, facing Sinuiju...

Overview adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA. Photography via Wikimedia Commons.