Daying County
大英县 | |
|---|---|
 Location of Daying County (pink) within Suining City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Daying Location of the county town in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 30°36′N 105°14′E / 30.600°N 105.233°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Suining |
| County seat | Penglai |
| Area | |
| • Total | 703 km2 (271 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 520,000 |
| • Density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Daying County (simplified Chinese: 大英县; traditional Chinese: 大英縣; pinyin: Dàyīng Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan province, China, under the administration of Suining City and in the central part of the Sichuan Basin. In 2002, it had a population of 520,000 residing in an area of 703 km2 (271 sq mi).
Tourist attractions
Daying is the home of the "Chinese Dead Sea", a tourist attraction that is based on a salt lake with nine times the salinity of the ocean and which constitutes the largest indoor water park in China.
A stationary replica of the Titanic is under construction in Daying County as well.[1]
Administrative divisions
Daying County comprises 1 subdistrict and 9 towns:[2]
- subdistrict
- 盐井街道
- towns
- Penglai 蓬莱镇
- Longsheng 隆盛镇
- Huima 回马镇
- Tianbao 天保镇
- Hebian 河边镇
- Zhuotongjing 卓筒井镇
- Yufeng 玉峰镇
- Xiangshan 象山镇
- Jinyuan 金元镇
Transportation
The G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway and Dazhou–Chengdu Railway (达成铁路) traverses east–west through the entire length of the county.
The county is served by the Daying East Station (大英东站) on the Suining–Chengdu Railway.
References
- ^ 土豪花10亿元在山沟里“复活”泰坦尼克号 (in Simplified Chinese). Phoenix Television. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2018年2月22日，通过无人机在四川省大英县郪江上空俯瞰正在建造中的"泰坦尼克号"
- ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：大英县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
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This page was last edited on 19 February 2024, at 01:30