Dandong District, belonging to Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, is the central urban area of Shenyang City, located in the eastern part of the main city of Shenyang, neighboring with the development zone of Qipanshan in the east, surrounded by the Shenhe District in the southeast, south, and southwest, bordering with the Huanggu District in the west, and bordering with the Shenbei New District in the north. Dandong District covers an area of 101 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 10 streets, there are 122 communities.At the end of 2022, the registered population of Dandong District was 612,926.
Dandong District is one of the old urban areas of Shenyang City, was first established in January of the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China (1938), because it is located in the eastern part of the city, located in the east of the Dadongmen and named. Dandong District terrain south low north high, the north from the Wenguan, the big two from the table, south to the small river along the area tilted from north to south, the difference in elevation is 21 meters. There are 38 ethnic minorities in the district, including Manchu, Hui, Mongolian, Xibe, Korean and so on. There are Shenji Railway, 102 National Highway, 203 National Highway and 103 Provincial Highway crossing the territory.
In 2022, the gross regional product of Dadong District completed 98.23 billion yuan, an increase of 4.8% over 2021.