Daying County () is a county of

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

province, China, under the administration of

Suining Suining (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Xu4nin2; Sichuanese pronunciation: ; ) is a prefecture-level city of eastern Sichuan province in Southwest China. In 2002, Suining had a population of 658,798. Geography and climate Suining is located in the cen ...

City and in the central part of the

Sichuan Basin The Sichuan Basin (), formerly transliterated as the Szechwan Basin, sometimes called the Red Basin, is a lowland region in southwestern China. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides and is drained by the upper Yangtze River and its tributar ...

. In 2002, it had a population of 520,000 residing in an area of .

Tourist attractions

Daying is the home of the "

Chinese Dead Sea Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

", a tourist attraction that is based on a salt lake with nine times the salinity of the ocean and which constitutes the largest indoor water park in China. A stationary replica of the ''Titanic'' is under construction in Daying County as well.

Transportation

The

G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway The Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway (), designated as G42 and commonly referred to as the Hurong Expressway () is an east–west bound expressway that connects the eastern metropolis of Shanghai to Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan. The expresswa ...

and

Dazhou–Chengdu Railway Dazhou–Chengdu Railway or Dacheng Railway (), is a double-track, electrified railroad in Sichuan Province of southwest China. The railway is named after its two terminal cities Chengdu and Dazhou. The line has a total length of and opened in ...

(达成铁路) traverses east–west through the entire length of the county. The county is served by the Daying East Station ( 大英东站) on the

Suining–Chengdu Railway The Suining–Chengdu railway or Suicheng railway () is a double-track, electrified railway in Sichuan Province of Southwest China, southwest China. The railway is named after its two terminal cities, Suining and Chengdu, and forms a segment of the ...

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County-level divisions of Sichuan {{Sichuan-geo-stub