Datong
Prefecture-level city in Shanxi, People's Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of 1,040 metres (3,410 ft) and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,105,591 of whom 1,790,452 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 out 4 urban districts of Pingcheng and Yungang as Yunzhou and Xinrong are not conurbated yet.
Prefecture-level city in Shanxi, People's Republic of China
Datong
大同市 Tatung | |
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       From top down, left to right: Datong panorama; Shanhua Temple; Huayan Temple; Yungang Grottoes; Tower at Lingyan Temple; Temple of Confucius (Wenmiao); Guandi Temple; Yinghui Gate of the City Wall | |
.png) Location of Datong City jurisdiction in Shanxi | |
  Datong Location of the city center in Shanxi Show map of Shanxi Datong Datong (China) Show map of China | |
| Coordinates (Datong municipal government): 40°05′49″N 113°22′01″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Municipal seat | Pingcheng District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Party Secretary | Zhang Jifu |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 14,068 km2 (5,432 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,563 km2 (1,376 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 976 km2 (377 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,042 m (3,419 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,105,591 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,030,203 |
| • Urban density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,790,452 |
| • Metro density | 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 037000 |
| Area code | 0352 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-02 |
| License Plates | 晋B |
| Administrative division code | 140200 |
| Website | dt |
| Datong | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 大同 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Great Unity Great Togetherness | ||||||||
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| Pingcheng | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 平城縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 平城县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Peaceful City County Pacified City County | ||||||||
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| Xijing | |||||||||
| Chinese | 西京 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Western Capital | ||||||||
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