Jianchang () is a county of

Huludao Huludao (), formerly known as Jinxi () until 1994, is a coastal prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its name literally means "Gourd Island", referring to the fiddle-shaped contour of the peninsula ...

City in the southwest of

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmo ...

province, China. It is the largest division of Huludao, with an area of , and population of 600,000, located in mountainous terrain west of that city, serviced by

China National Highway 306 China National Highway 306 (G306) runs northwest from Suizhong, Liaoning towards Hexigten Qi, Inner Mongolia and spans 497 kilometres. Route and distance See also * China National Highways {{China National Highways Transport in Liaoni ...

. The Weizhangzi–Tashan railway also passes through the County. Near the border with

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and ...

province lies the Jianchang Longtan Grand Canyon, home to wide variety of plants and animals. In 2009 a

Troodontid Troodontidae is a clade of bird-like theropod dinosaurs. During most of the 20th century, troodontid fossils were few and incomplete and they have therefore been allied, at various times, with many dinosaurian lineages. More recent fossil disco ...

dinosaur fossil with feathers was discovered in Jianchang. It is the earliest known such fossil and provides evidence for the link between dinosaurs and birds. Also found here, in

Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation ( Chinese: 九佛堂组, pinyin: ''jiǔfótáng zǔ'') is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms (see ...

rocks, was the early modern bird ''

Schizooura ''Schizooura'' is a genus of basal ornithuromorph Euornithes (from Greek ' meaning "true birds") is a natural group which includes the most recent common ancestor of all avialans closer to modern birds than to '' Sinornis''. Description Cla ...

''.

Administrative divisions

There are seven

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an or ...

, 21

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, and one

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in the county. Towns: *

Jianchang Jianchang () is a county of Huludao City in the southwest of Liaoning province, China. It is the largest division of Huludao, with an area of , and population of 600,000, located in mountainous terrain west of that city, serviced by China Nation ...

() * Bajiazi () * Lamadong () * Yaowangmiao () * Tangshenmiao () * Linglongta () * Datun () Townships:

Climate

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Jianchang Longtan Grand Canyon
{{authority control County-level divisions of Liaoning Huludao