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  Datong Datong (China) | |
| Coordinates (Datong municipal government): 40°05′49″N 113°22′01″E / 40.097°N 113.367°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Municipal seat | Pingcheng District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Party Secretary | Zhang Jifu |
| Area | |
| 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] | |
| 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) |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 137 billion US$ 21.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 44,110 US$ 7,058 |
| 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 |
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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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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.
- ^ a b c Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "China: Shānxī (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ 山西省统计局、国家统计局山西调查总队 (December 2021). 《山西统计年鉴－2021》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7824-7.