Chaoyang activity map
Chaoyang is located almost directly in between the capital of the province, Shenyang, and the capital of China, Beijing. With a vast land area of almost 20,000 square kilometers, it is the largest prefecture in Liaoning, and forms the border with Hebei Province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Known as China's 'fossil city', many important paleontological discoveries have been made in Chaoyang, and the Harqin region is the oldest currently known prehistoric site in northern China. Two of the most remarkable Early Cretaceous birds known to date were recovered in the vicinity of the Jiufotang Formation rocks and named Longipteryx chaoyangensis and Sapeornis chaoyangensis in reference to the city.
