Ningcheng County

Ningcheng County
宁城县ᠨᠢᠩᠴᠧᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
The Liao Dynasty Daming Pagoda
The Liao Dynasty Daming Pagoda
Ningcheng is located in Inner Mongolia
Ningcheng
Ningcheng
Location in Inner Mongolia
Ningcheng is located in China
Ningcheng
Ningcheng
Ningcheng (China)
Coordinates: 41°35′N 119°21′E / 41.583°N 119.350°E / 41.583; 119.350
CountryChina
Autonomous regionInner Mongolia
Prefecture-level cityChifeng
County seatTianyi
Area
 • Total
4,326 km2 (1,670 sq mi)
Elevation
551 m (1,808 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
484,397
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.ningchengxian.gov.cn
Ningcheng County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese宁城县
Traditional Chinese寧城縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNíngchéng Xiàn
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicНинчэн шиан
Mongolian scriptᠨᠢᠩᠴᠧᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCNiŋčėŋ siyan

Ningcheng County (Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠩᠴᠧᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ; Chinese: 宁城县) is a county of southeastern Inner Mongolia, China, bordering Liaoning province to the east. It is under the administration of Chifeng City.[2]

The daohugouthallus extinct genus of lichen was found near Daohugou village in Ningcheng County.[3] The county contains the historical site of "Liao Middle Capital" Dading Fu, one of five capitals of Liao. The city was later conquered by the 12th-century Jurchen Jin dynasty, who also named it as their Middle Capital; later they renamed it as the Northern Capital after moving the court to present-day Beijing.[4]

Today, all that remains of the historical capital are two pagodas, one built by the Liao dynasty and one built by the Jin dynasty; they are located near Daming Town, about 20km west of the county government Tianyi Town, and about 120km south of the prefectural city Chifeng.

  1. ^ Inner Mongolia: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  2. ^ www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
  3. ^ Wang, Xin; Krings, Michael; Taylor, Thomas N. (2010-11-01). "A thalloid organism with possible lichen affinity from the Jurassic of northeastern China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 162 (4): 591–598. Bibcode:2010RPaPa.162..591W. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.07.005. ISSN 0034-6667.
  4. ^ Theobald, Ulrich. China Knowledge. "Chinese History - Jin Dynasty 金 (1115-1234): Map and Geography". Accessed 19 Oct 2012.