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{{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{stack begin}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox Settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Datong |official_name = |other_name = Tatung |native_name = 大同市 |native_name_lang = zh |nickname = |settlement_type =[[Prefecture-level city]] |total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = {{Photomontage|position=center | photo1a = The skyline of Datong(Southgate)2019.jpg | photo2a = Datong Shanhua Si 2013.08.29 13-19-10.jpg | photo2b = Datong Huayan Si 2013.08.29 09-58-58.jpg | photo3a = Datong 14 grotta.jpg | photo3b = Tower in Lingyan Temple, Yungang Grottoes.jpg | photo3c = Datong Wenmiao 2013.08.29 11-59-31.jpg | photo4a =Datong Guandi Miao 2013.08.29 10-44-56.jpg | photo4b =Wikiwyprawa 2015 IGP5026.jpg | photo5a = | size = 260 | spacing = 2 | color = #FFFFFF | border = 0 | foot_montage = From top down, left to right: Datong panorama; [[Shanhua Temple]]; [[Huayan Temple (Datong)|Huayan Temple]]; [[Yungang Grottoes]]; Tower at Lingyan Temple; [[Temple of Confucius]] (Wenmiao); [[Guan Yu|Guandi]] Temple; Yinghui Gate of the City Wall }} |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Location of Datong Prefecture within Shanxi (China).png |mapsize = |map_caption = Location of Datong City jurisdiction in Shanxi |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Shanxi#China |pushpin_map_caption = Location of the city center in Shanxi |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_mapsize = 240 <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = China |subdivision_type1 = [[Province of China|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Shanxi]] |seat_type = Municipal seat |seat = [[Pingcheng District]] |parts_type = |parts_style = <!-- =list (for list), coll (for collapsed list), para (for paragraph format) Default is list if up to 5 items, coll if more than 5--> |parts = <!-- parts text, or header for parts list --> |p1 = |p2 = <!-- etc. up to p50: for separate parts to be listed--> <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = [[Prefecture-level city]] |leader_title = [[Communist Party of China|CPC]] Secretary |leader_name = |leader_title1 = Party Secretary |leader_name1 = [[Zhang Jifu]] |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title1 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date1 = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |founder = |named_for = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = <!-- use only to set a special wikilink --> |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =14068 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = | area_blank1_title = [[District (China)|Districts]]<ref name="CUCSY_2017"/> | area_metro_km2 = 976 | area_urban_km2 = 3563 | area_urban_footnotes = <ref name="CUCSY_2017">{{cite book |editor1=Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development |editor-link=Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development |title=China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017 |date=2019 |publisher=China Statistics Press |location=Beijing |page=46 |url=http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02019012421874448287322500.xls |access-date=11 January 2020 |archive-date=18 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618043019/http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02019012421874448287322500.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!-- Elevation --------------------------> |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 1042 |elevation_max_m = |elevation_min_m = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2020 census |population_footnotes =<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/shanxi/admin/|title = China: Shānxī (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> |population_note = |population_total =3105591 |population_density_km2 =auto |population_density_metro_km2 =auto | population_blank1_title = Districts<ref name="CUCSY_2017"/> | population_metro = 1790452 | population_urban = 2030203 | population_urban_footnotes = |population_density_urban_km2 =auto | demographics_type2 = GDP<ref>{{cite book |author=山西省统计局、国家统计局山西调查总队 |title=《山西统计年鉴-2021》|date=December 2021 |publisher=[[China Statistics Press]] |isbn=978-7-5037-7824-7}}</ref> | demographics2_title1 = [[Prefecture-level city]] | demographics2_info1 = [[CN¥]] 137 billion<br />[[US$]] 21.5 billion | demographics2_title2 = Per capita | demographics2_info2 = CN¥ 44,110<br />US$ 7,058 <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]] |utc_offset = +8 |coor_pinpoint = Datong municipal government |coordinates = {{coord|40.097|N|113.367|E|type:adm2nd_region:CN-14_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}} |postal_code_type = [[Postal code of China|Postal code]] |postal_code = 037000 |area_code = 0352 |blank2_name = [[Licence plates of the People's Republic of China|License Plates]] |blank2_info = {{lang|zh-cn|晋B}} |blank3_name = |blank3_info = |blank4_name =<!-- Major [[Nationalities of China|Nationalities]] --> |blank4_info = |blank5_name =[[Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China|Administrative division code]] |blank5_info =140200 |iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:CN|CN-SX-02]] |website = {{URL|dt.gov.cn}} |footnotes = }} {{Infobox Chinese |c={{linktext|lang=zh|大同}} |p=Dàtóng |w=Ta-t‘ung |l=Great{{nbsp}}Unity<br />Great{{nbsp}}Togetherness }} {{Infobox Chinese |title=Former names |altname=Pingcheng |l2=Peaceful{{nbsp}}City{{nbsp}}[[Chinese county|County]]<br />Pacified{{nbsp}}City{{nbsp}}County |t2={{linktext|平城|縣}} |s2={{linktext|平城|县}} |p2=Píngchéngxiàn |w2=P‘ing-ch‘êng Hsien |altname3=Xijing |l3=Western{{nbsp}}Capital |c3={{linktext|lang=zh|西京}} |p3=Xījīng |w3=Hsi-ching }} {{stack end}} '''Datong''' is a [[prefecture-level city]] in northern [[Shanxi Province]], China. It is located in the [[Datong Basin]] at an elevation of {{convert|1040|m}} 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 [[Chinese district|urban districts]] of [[Chengqu, Datong|Pingcheng]] and [[Nanjiao District|Yungang]] as [[Datong County, Shanxi|Yunzhou]] and [[Xinrong District|Xinrong]] are not conurbated yet.
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