Daying County | |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Sichuan |
Pushpin Label: | Daying |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the county town in Sichuan |
Coordinates: | 30.6°N 119°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Sichuan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Suining |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Penglai |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 703 |
Elevation M: | 305 |
Population Total: | 387,299 |
Population As Of: | 2020 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | China Standard |
Utc Offset1: | +8 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Daying County is a county of Sichuan province, China, under the administration of Suining City and in the central part of the Sichuan Basin. In 2020, it had a population of 387,299 residing[1] in an area of 703km2.
Daying is the home of the "", 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.[2]
Daying County comprises 1 subdistrict and 9 towns:[3]
The G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway and Dazhou–Chengdu Railway (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.