Dingcheng, Hainan

Dingcheng 定城镇
Town
Street view of downtown Dingcheng
Dingcheng Location on Hainan Island
Coordinates: 19°40′49″N 110°22′05″E / 19.68028°N 110.36806°E / 19.68028; 110.36806Coordinates: 19°40′49″N 110°22′05″E / 19.68028°N 110.36806°E / 19.68028; 110.36806
Country	China
Province	Hainan
County	Ding'an County
Area
• Total	145 km2 (56 sq mi)
Elevation	38 m (125 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	95,695
• Density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Dingcheng (Chinese: 定城; pinyin: Dìngchéng) is a town and the county seat of Ding'an, in the northeast of Hainan Province, China. It has an area of 145 square kilometres (56 sq mi) and a population of 95,695 as of 2010.

Historically, Dingcheng referred to the old town center beside the Nandu River. Around 2015, a newly developed part of Dingcheng is emerging to the southeast, extending to the east side of G98 Hainan Ring Expressway. This is commonly referred to as "Taling" and the original may be referred to as "laocheng" (old town).

Laocheng (old town) is located directly on the Nandu River. The east end is significantly newer and has a newly built park and small stadium by the Nandu. The west end of the town contains many decades-old buildings and other structures, including a tunnel to the river, where a port once existed.

Taling was almost entirely created within the past several years. It is located to the southeast of Laocheng. The northernmost boundary is a bridge over a small river that runs into the Nandu River. The southernmost point of Taling is at the entrance to China National Highway 224.