Pingcheng District

Pingcheng District (simplified Chinese: 平城区; traditional Chinese: 平城區; pinyin: Píngchéng Qū), formerly known as Chengqu (城区; 城區; Chéngqū) or Cheng District is a district of Datong, Shanxi, China. As of 2002, it had a population of 560,000 living in an area of 46.129 km² (17.811 sq mi).

Pingcheng 平城区
District
Pingcheng Location in Shanxi
Coordinates (Pingcheng District government): 40°04′32″N 113°17′53″E
Country	China
Province	Shanxi
Prefecture-level city	Datong
Area
• Total	46.129 km2 (17.811 sq mi)
Population  (2020[1])
• Total	1,105,699
• Density	24,000/km2 (62,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	dtcqzf.gov.cn

The skyline of Datong

Most of the urbanized area of Datong is in this district. In 2020 the district had 807,000 people.^[2]