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Which city in North Korea is closest to China?

Dandong is the nearest city in China to North Korea.

Dandong is a prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province, located in the southeast of Liaoning Province, facing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea across the river in the east, the Yellow Sea in the south, Anshan in the west, Dalian in the southwest and Benxi in the north. The maximum horizontal distance from east to west in Dandong area is 196 km, the maximum vertical distance from north to south is 160 km, and the total area is 15222 km2.

Dandong is a multi-ethnic community, with 29 ethnic groups including Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Korean and Xibe.

Among the ethnic minorities except Han nationality, Manchu has the largest population, mainly concentrated in Fengcheng, Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County towns (townships) and donggang city and Longman towns. Mongolians are mainly concentrated in Dabao Mongolian Town, fengcheng city.

Hui people mainly live in Dandong city and counties (cities) towns; Koreans are mainly distributed in Dandong City, Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County and Fengcheng and Donggang rural areas along the Yalu River. Xibo nationality is mainly concentrated in the southwest of fengcheng city, with the characteristics of large dispersion and small settlement.

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Dandong's per capita water consumption is four times that of Liaoning Province, and its forest coverage rate is 6 1.6%, which is a natural green umbrella supporting Liaodong Peninsula. 64 kinds of mineral resources have been discovered, which is the "Boron Capital" of China.

Dandong, rich in geothermal resources, is a famous hot spring resort and known as "the city of hot springs in China". Dandong is known as "the largest and most beautiful border city in China"? Is it a national health city, a national garden city and an excellent tourist city in China? , the national double support model city, one of the top ten pension resorts in China.

Dandong is a city along the river, coast and border with industry, commerce, logistics and tourism as the main body. It is the only city in Asia with border crossings, airports, high-speed rail, river ports, seaports and expressway, and a regional circulation node city.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Dandong (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province)