Daying County

"Daying" redirects here. For other uses, see Daying (disambiguation).

Daying 大英县
—  County  —
Location of Daying County (pink) within Suining City (yellow) and Sichuan
Daying Location of the county town in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°36′N 105°14′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Sichuan
Prefecture-level city	Suining
County seat	Penglai (蓬莱镇)
Area
• Total	703 km2 (271 sq mi)
Elevation	305 m (1,001 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	520,000
• Density	Bad rounding here740/km2 (Bad rounding here1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code

Daying County (simplified Chinese: 大英县; traditional Chinese: 大英縣; pinyin: Dàyīng Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan province, China, under the administration of Suining City and in the central part of the Sichuan Basin. In 2002, it had a population of 520,000 residing in an area of 703 km² (271 sq mi). Daying is remarkable for being the home of the "Chinese Dead Sea", a tourist attraction that is based on a salt lake with 9 times the salinity of the ocean and which constitutes the largest indoor water park in China. The G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway and Dazhou–Chengdu Railway (达成铁路) traverses east-west through the entire length of the county.