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Suining (should be pronounced as ) is a prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city

A prefecture-level city or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province of China and above a county of China in China's administrative structure....
 within mountainuous Sichuan
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 province in the South of China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. Suining had 266,100 residents in 2001.






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Suining (should be pronounced as ) is a prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city

A prefecture-level city or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province of China and above a county of China in China's administrative structure....
 within mountainuous Sichuan
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 province in the South of China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. Suining had 266,100 residents in 2001. Lanjiang is a suburb of Suining.

Chuanshan District, Anju District, Shehong, Pengxi, and Daying
Daying County

Daying County is a county in central Sichuan province of China, belonging to Suining city.Daying County 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....
 are districts (urban) and counties within the city. Most of these are overwhelmingly rural in character. Within several counties are petroleum, gas and salt resources.

History


Chen Zi'ang
Chen Zi'ang

Chen Zi'ang was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. A native of Shehong county in what is today Suining, he completed the Jinshi level of the Imperial Examination at age twenty-four....
, Tang dynasty
Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty was an Dynasties in Chinese history preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire....
 poet (661
661

Events...
-702
702

Events...
), was a native of the Suining area.