🇨🇳 Chaoyang (朝阳) is a prefecture-level city in western Liaoning province, People's Republic of China.
With a vast land area it is by area the largest prefecture-level city in Liaoning, and borders on Hebei province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the west.
The area under Chaoyang's jurisdictional control is split up into two counties (Jianping, Chaoyang), two urban districts (Longcheng, Shuangta), two county-level cities (Beipiao, Lingyuan), and the Harqin Left Wing Mongolian Autonomous County. The urban centre where the government office is located forms the core of Chaoyang.
Known as China's 'fossil city', many important paleontological discoveries have been made in Chaoyang, and the Harqin region is the oldest currently known prehistoric site in northern China. Two of the most remarkable Early Cretaceous birds known to date were recovered in the vicinity of the Jiufotang Formation rocks and named Longipteryx chaoyangensis and Sapeornis chaoyangensis in reference to the city.
Economy Agriculture forms the backbone of Chaoyang's economy. In addition to wheat, corn, beans, and potatoes, Chaoyang is also an important region for the growing of cotton and fruit. The city has also begun to venture into the production of shaji (sea-buckthorn berries), which have become popular in China because of their dual use as food and as medicine. Chaoyang is home to the largest man-made thicket of shaji.
Chaoyang has more than 1,600 industrial enterprises, manufacturing a wide range of products including steel, machinery, textiles, diesel engines, automobiles, and paper. Lingyuan Iron and Steel Works and the Liaoning Tyre Factory are two of the largest such enterprises.
The city is served by Chaoyang Airport.
Chaoyang has a population of over 430,000 people. Chaoyang also forms the centre of the wider Chaoyang metropolitan area which has a population of over 3,044,641 people. Chaoyang is ranked #304 for startups with a score of 0.919.
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Locations Near: Chaoyang 120.456,41.5788
🇨🇳 Jinzhou 121.148,41.129 d: 76.4
🇨🇳 Lianshan 120.85,40.75 d: 97.9
🇨🇳 Longgang 121.883,40.733 d: 152
🇨🇳 Panjin 122.065,41.118 d: 143.8
🇨🇳 Chifeng 118.888,42.257 d: 150.1
🇨🇳 Haigang 119.6,39.933 d: 196.7
🇨🇳 Qinhuangdao 119.52,39.888 d: 203.9
Antipodal to: Chaoyang -59.544,-41.579
🇦🇷 Viedma -62.995,-40.808 d: 19713.9
🇦🇷 Bahía Blanca -62.266,-38.718 d: 19621.8
🇦🇷 Mar del Plata -57.55,-38 d: 19582.2
🇦🇷 Tandil -59.133,-37.317 d: 19539.8
🇦🇷 Olavarría -60.333,-36.9 d: 19490.4
🇦🇷 Puerto Madryn -65.037,-42.773 d: 19543.5
🇦🇷 San Vicente -58.417,-35.017 d: 19278.8
🇦🇷 Chivilcoy -60.017,-34.9 d: 19271.3
🇦🇷 La Plata -57.954,-34.921 d: 19261.8
🇦🇷 Monte Grande -58.467,-34.817 d: 19257.3