Dalian City belongs to Liaoning Province.

Dalian, also known as Bincheng, formerly known as Dalini and Qingniwa, is a sub-provincial city in Liaoning Province and a city under separate state planning. Located at the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula in Liaoning Province, on the coast of the Yellow and Bohai Seas, backed by the hinterland of Northeast China and facing the Shandong Peninsula across the sea, it is an important economic, trade, port, industrial and tourism city on the eastern coast of China.

The city has a total area of ??12,574 square kilometers, of which the old urban area is 2,415 square kilometers. There are many mountains and hills in the area and few plains and lowlands. The entire terrain is high in the north and low in the south, wide in the north and narrow in the south. The terrain slopes from the central axis to the Yellow and Bohai Seas in the southeast and northwest, with the side facing the Yellow Sea long and gentle. The remnants of the Qianshan Mountains of the Changbai Mountain System run through this area. Most of them are mountains and low and gentle hills formed by long-term erosion. The plains and lowlands are only scattered in places where rivers flow into the sea and in some mountain valleys. Karst topography can be seen everywhere, and karst landforms It is relatively developed with sea erosion landforms.

Dalian City is located in the warm temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. It has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate with maritime characteristics. There is no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, and four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 10.5 degrees Celsius, the annual precipitation is 550-950 mm, and the total sunshine hours throughout the year are 2500-2800 hours.

It currently governs 2 county-level cities (Wafangdian City, Zhuanghe City), 1 county (Changhai County) and 7 districts (Zhongshan District, Xigang District, Shahekou District, Ganjingzi District , Lushunkou District, Jinzhou District, Pulandian District). In addition, there are three national-level opening-up pilot zones: Jinpu New Area, Bonded Zone, and High-tech Industrial Park, as well as Changxing Island Lingang Industrial Zone and Huayuankou Economic Zone.

Reference: Dalian-Baidu Encyclopedia