Editing Taiyuan (section)

{{Short description|Capital of Shanxi, China}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Distinguish|Taiwan|Taoyuan (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!--See Template:Infobox Settlement for additional fields that may be available-->
<!-- Basic info  ---------------->| name               = Taiyuan
| official_name      = 
| native_name        = 太原市
| native_name_lang   = zh
| settlement_type    = [[Prefecture-level city]]
| nickname           = Bīngzhōu ({{lang|zh|并州}}); Jìnyáng ({{lang|zh-hans|晋阳}}); Dragon City ({{lang|zh-hans|龙城}})
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| caption1 = Taiyuan skyline
| image2 = Shuang Ta Si Temple (10111280046).jpg
| caption2 = [[Twin Pagoda Temple]]
| image3 = Tianlongshan Grotto - Manshan Pavillion, Taiyuan, Shanxi.JPG
| caption3 = [[Tianlongshan Grottoes]]
| image4 = Taiyuan Jinci 20191208(1).jpg
| caption4 = [[Jinci]]
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| caption5 = Fen River footbridge and Shanxi Theater
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| coor_pinpoint      = Taiyuan municipal government
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[China]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of China|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Shanxi]]
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| subdivision_name2  = 
| seat_type          = Municipal seat
| seat               = [[Xinghualing District]]
| parts_type         = Divisions
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| p1                 = [[Administrative divisions of China#County level|County-level divisions]]: 10
| p2                 = [[Administrative divisions of China#Township level|Township-level divisions]]: 83
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| government_type    = [[Prefecture-level city]]
| governing_body     = [[Taiyuan Municipal People's Congress]]
| leader_title       = [[Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary|CCP Secretary]]
| leader_name        = [[Luo Qingyu]]
| leader_title1      = [[Taiyuan Municipal People's Congress|Congress]] Chairman
| leader_name1       = Wei Min
| leader_title2      = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name2       = Fan Zhaosen <br>''Acting''
| leader_title3      = [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|CPPCC]] Chairman
| leader_name3       = Cao Xuecheng
| established_date   = 
| founder            = 
| named_for          = <!-- Elevation -------------------------->
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 800
| elevation_max_m    = 2670
| elevation_min_m    = 760
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| area_urban_km2     = 1460
| area_metro_km2     = 2787
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| population_as_of   = 2020 census
| population_total   = 5305061
| population_note    = 
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| population_metro   = 5433659
| population_blank1  = 
| population_urban   = 4529141
| population_urban_footnotes = 
| population_density_metro_km2 = auto
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| 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¥]] 415 billion<br />[[US$]] 65.3 billion
| demographics2_title2 = Per capita
| demographics2_info2 = CN¥ 78,284<br />US$ 12,570
<!-- General information  --------------->| timezone           = [[Time in China|China Standard]]
| utc_offset         = +08:00
<!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->| area_code          = 351
| blank2_name        = [[Globalization and World Cities Research Network|GaWC Global City level classification]]
| blank2_info        = Gamma - <ref>{{cite web|title=The World According to GaWC 2020|url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2020t.html|website=GaWC - Research Network|publisher=Globalization and World Cities|access-date=31 August 2020|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824031341/https://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2020t.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| blank3_name        = Major [[List of ethnic groups in China|Nationalities]]
| blank3_info        = [[Han Chinese|Han]]
| blank4_name        = [[Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China|Administrative division code]]
| blank4_info        = 140100
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal code of China|Postal code]]
| registration_plate = {{lang|zh-cn|[[Vehicle registration plates of China|晋A]]}}
| postal_code        = 030000
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2|CN-SX-01]]
| website            = {{URL|taiyuan.gov.cn}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| pic = Taiyuan_(Chinese_characters).svg
| piccap = "Taiyuan" in Chinese characters
| picupright = 0.4
| c = {{linktext|lang=zh|太原}}
| l = "Great Plain"
<!--Mandarin-->| p = Tàiyuán
| w = T{{wg-apos}}ai<sup>4</sup>-yüan<sup>2</sup>
| gr = Tayyuan
| bpmf = ㄊㄞˋ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ㄩㄢˊ
| mi = {{IPAc-cmn|t|ai|4|.|yuan|2}}
<!--Yue/Cantonese-->| j = Taai<sup>3</sup>-jyun<sup>4</sup>
| y = Taai-yùhn
| ci = {{IPAc-yue|t|aai|3|.|j|yun|4}}
<!--others-->| poj = Thài-goân
| mc = Thaj<sup>H</sup>-ŋʉan
}}

'''Taiyuan'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|aɪ|j|u|ˈ|ɑː|n}};<ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Taiyuan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518065919/https://www.lexico.com/definition/Taiyuan |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 May 2021 |title=Taiyuan |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|aɪ|ˈ|j|w||ɛ|n}};<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Taiyuan}}</ref> {{lang-zh|c=太原|p=Tàiyuán}}; <small>Mandarin pronunciation:</small> {{IPAc-cmn|t|ai|4|.|yuan|2}}<ref name="shanxigov.cn">{{cite web|script-title=zh:太原市|url=http://www.shanxigov.cn/n16/n8319541/n8319597/16555621.html|website=www.shanxigov.cn|publisher=Shanxi People's Government|access-date=23 July 2015|language = zh-hans|date=26 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101113/http://www.shanxigov.cn/n16/n8319541/n8319597/16555621.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} ([[Jin Chinese|Taiyuan Jin]]: /tʰai˦˥ ye˩˩/) is the capital of [[Shanxi]], China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base focusing on energy and heavy chemicals. Throughout its long history, Taiyuan was the capital or provisional capital of many dynasties in China, hence the name {{Transliteration|zh|Lóngchéng}} ({{lang-zh|s=龙城|p=Dragon City|labels=no}}).<ref name="太原市政府网站-历史沿革">{{cite web|url=http://www.taiyuan.gov.cn/zjtyzt/201175.jhtm|script-title=zh:历史沿革|publisher=Taiyuan People's Government}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} {{in lang|zh}}</ref>

As of 2021, the city governs 6 districts, 3 counties, and hosts a county-level city with a total area of 6,988 square kilometers and a permanent population of 5,390,957.<ref name="citypopulation.de">{{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>

Taiyuan is located roughly in the centre of Shanxi, with the [[Fen River]] flowing through the central city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://country.eiu.com/China/Shanxi/Taiyuan|title=The Economist Intelligence Unit|website=country.eiu.com|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>