Dandong is located in the southeast of Liaoning Province and belongs to Liaoning Province.

Dandong City, formerly known as Andong, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province, with a total area of ??15,289.6 square kilometers. As of October 2022, the city has jurisdiction over 3 municipal districts, 1 autonomous county, and 2 county-level cities. As of the end of 2022, the city's permanent population is 2.116 million. At the same time, Dandong City is also an important border port in Liaoning Province and a central city in Liaodong region approved by the National Council.

Dandong City is an important port city in my country's economic belt. It is located in the center of Northeast Asia and is an important intersection between the Northeast Asia Economic Circle and the Bohai Rim Economic Circle. It is an important port city with industry, commerce, ports, logistics, and tourism. It is a national-level border cooperation zone and coastal open city with 5 types of ports, including ports, railways, highways, pipelines and airports, and 10 ports.

The geographical environment of Dandong City

Dandong City is part of the Liaodong Hills and is a branch or remnant of the Changbai Mountains extending to the southwest. The terrain gradually decreases from northeast to southwest. According to height and terrain characteristics, it can be divided into four types of large-scale geomorphological units: the northern mid-low mountainous area, the central low mountainous hilly area, the southern hilly area, and the coastal plain area. It is dominated by mountains and hills, with locally small landform units such as terraces, basins, and platforms.

Dandong City belongs to the warm temperate humid monsoon climate zone, but the unique geographical environment with mountains on its back and the sea causes climate differences between the north and south of Dandong. The northern region has obvious continental climate characteristics, while the southern region has obvious maritime climate characteristics. The annual average temperature is 8.8°C, the annual average precipitation is 970.2 mm, the annual average sunshine hours are 2369.9 hours, the annual average wind speed is 2.2 meters/second, and the annual average relative humidity is 69.8%.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Dandong