Dadong District () is one of ten

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of the

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Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

, the capital of the Chinese province of

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. It borders

Shenbei New Area Shenbei New Area () is a development zone and one of ten districts of the prefecture-level city of Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province, Northeast China, and forms part of the northern suburbs. It borders Dongling District to the southea ...

to the north, Dongling to the east,

Shenhe The Shenhe District () is one of ten districts of Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Shenhe serves as the central district of Shenyang and currently hosts the seat of the City Government. It borders the districts of Da ...

to the south, and

Huanggu Huanggu District () is one of ten districts of the prefecture-level city of Shenyang, the capital of the Chinese province of Liaoning. It borders Shenbei New Area to the north, Dadong to the east, Shenhe to the southeast, Heping to the south, Ti ...

to the west.

Toponymy

Its name derives from the fact that the district started off as the residential area immediately outside the old inner city wall's Fujin Gate (), which is also called Great East Gate ().

Administrative divisions

Dadong District has fifteen subdistricts: *

Wanquan Subdistrict Wanquan Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of Dadong District, in the east of Shenyang City, the capital of Liaoning province, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of ...

() *

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() * Chang'an Subdistrict () * Dongta Subdistrict () * Xindong Subdistrict () *

Zhulin Subdistrict Zhulin may refer to *Zhulin (surname), a Russian surname *Zhuang Zhulin (1900–1973), Chinese educator *''Fayuan Zhulin'', a Buddhist encyclopedia *Zhulin, a village in Wufeng, Hsinchu, Taiwan * Zhulin, Qichun County (株林镇), a town in Qichun C ...

() * Xiaodong Subdistrict () * Xiaojinqiao Subdistrict () * Dabei Subdistrict () * Xiaobei Subdistrict () * Taochang Subdistrict () * Liaoshen Subdistrict () * Dongzhan Subdistrict () * Ertaizi Subdistrict () * Wenguan Subdistrict ()

Transport

The oldest airfield in Shenyang, the now-defunct East Pagoda Airport, is located in Dadong District. It was the headquarters of the defunct

China Northern Airlines China Northern Airlines () was an airline headquartered on the grounds of Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. Established on June 16, 1990, it was one of the six backbone airlines directly un ...

.''World Airline Directory''.

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. March 19–25, 2002
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"Dong Ta Airport, 3-1 Xiaoheyan Road, Dadong District, Shenyang City, Liaoning, 110043, China"

Tourist attractions

The district contains popular tourist landmarks such as the 9.18 Historical Museum, the North and East Pagodas, Bawang Temple and the Wanquan Park.

Education

The

Shenyang University Shenyang University () is a university in Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, China under the provincial government. It has a student body of more than 30,000 students and has about 1260 full-time teachers. Academics The university c ...

is located in Dadong. The Shangpin schools, which enrolls students from Grades 1-9, consistently ranks among the top public schools in Shenyang.

References

External links

County-level divisions of Liaoning Shenyang {{Liaoning-geo-stub