Kuandian
The Manchu Kuandian Autonomous Okrug ( Chinese 宽甸 满族 自治县 , Pinyin Kuāndiàn Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn ; Manchurian ᡴᡠᠸᠠᠨᡩᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
ᠪᡝᠶᡝ
ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠩᡤᠠ
ᠰᡳᠶᠠᠨ, Kuwandiyan Manju Beye Dasangga Siyan ) is an autonomous county of the Manchu of the prefecture-level city of Dandong in northeast Chinese province of Liaoning . It has an area of 6,115 km² and has a population of 438,000 (2010).
According to recent archaeological findings, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty ( Ming changcheng ) began in the east of the Jiangyantai Fortress (江 沿 台 堡Jiangyantai bao ) at the southern foot of Hushan Mountain in Kuandian County and not as previously assumed at the Shanhai Pass .
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Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ' N , 124 ° 47' E