Fengcheng, Liaoning

Fengcheng
凤城市
Location in Dandong
Location in Dandong
Fengcheng is located in Liaoning
Fengcheng
Fengcheng
Location in Liaoning
Coordinates: 40°27′N 124°04′E / 40.450°N 124.067°E / 40.450; 124.067
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceLiaoning
Prefecture-level cityDandong
Area
 • County-level city5,515.0 km2 (2,129.4 sq mi)
 • Urban
329.33 km2 (127.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • County-level city580,000
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
 • Urban
195,700
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Fengcheng (simplified Chinese: 凤城; traditional Chinese: 鳳城; pinyin: Fèngchéng; lit. 'Phoenix City') is a city in the southeast of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Administratively, it is a county-level city under the administration of Dandong, the downtown of which lies 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of the city.

Formally known as the Fengcheng Manchu Autonomous County, its city status (a county-level city) was approved in 1994.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.