Ningcheng County

Ningcheng County 宁城县 • ᠨᠢᠩᠴᠧᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
County
The Liao Dynasty Daming Pagoda
Ningcheng Location in Inner Mongolia Show map of Inner Mongolia Ningcheng Ningcheng (China) Show map of China
Coordinates: 41°35′N 119°21′E / 41.583°N 119.350°E / 41.583; 119.350
Country	China
Autonomous region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Chifeng
County seat	Tianyi
Area
• Total	4,326 km2 (1,670 sq mi)
Elevation	551 m (1,808 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	484,397
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.ningchengxian.gov.cn

Ningcheng County (Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠩᠴᠧᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ; Chinese: 宁城县) is a county of southeastern Inner Mongolia, China, bordering Liaoning province to the east. It is under the administration of Chifeng City.^[2]

The daohugouthallus extinct genus of lichen was found near Daohugou village in Ningcheng County.^[3] The county contains the historical site of "Liao Middle Capital" Dading Fu, one of five capitals of Liao. The city was later conquered by the 12th-century Jurchen Jin dynasty, who also named it as their Middle Capital; later they renamed it as the Northern Capital after moving the court to present-day Beijing.^[4]

Today, all that remains of the historical capital are two pagodas, one built by the Liao dynasty and one built by the Jin dynasty; they are located near Daming Town, about 20km west of the county government Tianyi Town, and about 120km south of the prefectural city Chifeng.