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About Kuandian
Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 宽甸满族自治县; traditional Chinese: 寬甸滿族自治縣; pinyin: Kuāndiàn Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn; Manchu: ᡴᡠᠸᠠᠨᡩᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᠪᡝᠶᡝ ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᠰᡳᠶᠠᠨ; Möllendorff: kuwandiyan manju beye dasangga siyan) is a county of eastern Liaoning province, China, bordering North Korea to the southeast and Jilin in the northeast. It is under the administration of Dandong City, the centre of which lies 75 kilometres (47 mi) to the southwest, and is served by China National Highway 201. In Kuandian is the Hushan Great Wall, the most easterly section of the Great Wall of China. A short reconstruction of the wall is open to tourists.
From the Wikipedia article Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
History
The area of present-day Kuandian belonged to the Yan state during the Warring States period, and was then brought under the Liaodong Commandery in the Qin Dynasty.
From the Eastern Han Dynasty until 408 CE, the southern part of the county was incorporated under the rule of various Chinese dynasties. The area became part of Goguryeo in 408 CE, and afterwards became part of the Tang Dynasty's Protectorate General to Pacify the East.
The county's name originates from the Kingdom of Balhae, when the area was known as Kuandianzi (Chinese: 寬甸子).
The area would come under the reign of the Liao dynasty, then the Jin dynasty, and then the Yuan dynasty.
In 1467, the Ming Dynasty built a defensive wall in the eastern part of the region that terminated at the Yalu River. Various forts were added in 1546 and 1573.
Kuandian County was established in 1876 under Fenghuang Subprefecture (Chinese: 鳳凰廳). The area belonged to Fengtian Province (奉天省) during the early days of the Republic of China.
The county was put under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Dandong in 1965. Kuandian County was approved as an autonomous county in September 1989, becoming the Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County.
From the History section of Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Dandong Langtou Airport (DDG) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 89 km away.
- Fengcheng 68 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Dandong 74 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Huanren 77 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Xiaoshi 84 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Langtoucun 85 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- 宽甸满族自治县天际线, Wei Wang, CC BY-SA 4.0
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