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Located in the far north of Shanxi Province and bordering the Inner Mongolia Province, Datong covers a total area of more than 14,176 square kilometers with a population of 2.99 million being the second largest city in Shanxi. As the "the City of Coal" because of owning large reserves of coal, it has been the top 10 industrial cities in China. However, with the issue of pollution getting more and more serious, the government begins to seek solution to loosen its dependence on coal and develop the substitute industries such as the tourism due to its plentiful tourist resources.

Datong was founded about 3000 years ago, one of the 24 most famous historical and cultural cities in China due to its ever prosperous history. It had been the capital of many Dynasties and the center of politics, economy, and culture so as to attract many people from other nations for trade or business. These prosperous days left Datong with a series of splendid historical and cultural relics like Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery and made it be the top tourist destination in China.

Location and Topography of Datong

As the second city of Shanxi Province, Datong is a situated in the far north, near the border with Inner Mongolia, a 6-hour train ride or 5-hour drive from Beijing.
The scenery of Datong is mainly the continuous peaks rising one upon another, majestic old temples standing for thousands of years and the vast sky and light cloud over your head. That is remarkably different from the delicate and pretty cities south of Yangtze River.

Climate of Datong

Standing at the northeastern edge of the Loess Plateau, Datong has a continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons with an annual average temperature being about 6.8 degrees Celsius. There is the sharp temperature difference between days and nights. The temperatures are pleasant throughout the year, with a high of 38 degree Celsius in the summer months of July and August, and a low of around -2.5 degree Celsius in January and February.

Transportation in Datong

Railways in Datong

The coal in Datong is transported by the trains, which makes the transportation extremely convenient with lines reaching over 25 major cities in China including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiyuan and Hangzhou. There are ten passenger trains heading for Taiyuan, Beijing, Hangzhou and Shouzhou.

Highways in Datong

Datong has three main bus stations. The Datong Bus Station, located at No.20 Yantong Road, owns the long-distance buses mainly heading for the counties of southeast of Datong city such as Huayuan County, Lingqiu County and Guangling County. Xinan Passenger Bus Station provides trains to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and more, while North Passenger Bus Station has buses mainly to Taiyuan and Shuozhou.

Airways in Datong

Datong Airport is newly built, and has the airlines available to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and more. Besides, Taiyuan Wusu Airport is the nearest airport available to Datong acting as a transfer station for the trip to Datong.

Travel & Sightseeing in Datong

Unlike the elegant and delicate sceneries in cities south of China, sits in Datong boast the air of majesty and grandeur. Here, there are rarely green hills and small clean streams but full of the linking peaks and majestic old temples because of influence of the brilliant history and culture. The top tourist attractions include Hanging Monstery, Yanmenguan Pass, Yungang Grottoes, Huayan Monastery, Mt. Hengshan, Nine-dragon Screen, Shanhua Temple and Wooden Pagoda.

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