Datong, the Glossary
Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China.[1]
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- Cities in Shanxi
- Prefecture-level divisions of Shanxi
Administration of territory in dynastic China
The administration of territory in dynastic China is the history of practices involved in governing the land from the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) to the Qing dynasty (1644–1912).
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Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China
The administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China identify the administrative divisions of China at county level and above.
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Ancient Chinese states
Ancient Chinese states were dynastic polities of China within and without the Zhou cultural sphere prior to Qin's wars of unification.
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Battle of Baideng
The Battle of Baideng (白登之戰) was a military conflict between Han China and the Xiongnu in 200 BC.
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Beijing
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.
Bury, Greater Manchester
Bury is a market town on the River Irwell in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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China Meteorological Administration
The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) is the national weather service of the People's Republic of China.
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China National Highway 109
China National Highway 109 connects Beijing with Lhasa.
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China National Highway 208
China National Highway 208 (G208) runs from Erenhot, Inner Mongolia to Xichuan County, Henan province.
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Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Chinese language
Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.
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Continental climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters).
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Counties of China
Counties (hp) are found in the third level of the administrative hierarchy in provinces and autonomous regions and the second level in municipalities and Hainan, a level that is known as "county level" and also contains autonomous counties, county-level cities, banners, autonomous banners and city districts.
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CRRC Datong
CRRC Datong Co.
Dai (Spring and Autumn period)
Dai was a state which existed in northern Hebei during the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.
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Dai Commandery
Dai Commandery was a commandery (jùn) of the state of Zhao established BC and of northern imperial Chinese dynasties until the time of the Emperor Wen of the Sui dynasty (r. AD581–604).
Datong Basin
The Datong Basin is located between the northern Shanxi Province and the inner/outer Great Walls, China.
Datong railway station
The Datong railway station is a railway station of Beijing–Baotou railway and Datong–Puzhou railway.
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Datong South railway station
Datongnan (Datong South) railway station is a railway station of Datong–Xi'an high-speed railway and Datong–Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, located in Shuibosi township, Pingcheng District, Datong, Shanxi, China, opening on December 30, 2019.
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Datong Yungang International Airport
Datong Yungang International Airport is an airport serving the city of Datong in Shanxi Province, China.
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Datonglong
Datonglong tianzhenensis is an herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur belonging to the Hadrosauroidea, which lived in the Late Cretaceous period in present-day China.
Districts of China
The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China.
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Diurnal air temperature variation
In meteorology, diurnal temperature variation is the variation between a high air temperature and a low temperature that occurs during the same day.
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East Lancashire Railway
The East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway line in North West England which runs between Heywood, Greater Manchester and Rawtenstall in Lancashire.
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Eurasian Steppe
The Eurasian Steppe, also called the Great Steppe or The Steppes, is the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia in the temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands biome.
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G55 Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway
The Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway, designated as G55 and commonly referred to as the Erguang Expressway is an expressway that connects the cities of Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, and Guangzhou, Guangdong.
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Geng Yanbo
Geng Yanbo (born November 1958) is a Chinese politician from Heshun, Shanxi, who served as the mayor of Datong from 2008 to 2013 and the mayor of Taiyuan from 2013 to 2019.
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China (literally "ten thousand ''li'' long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.
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Guan Yu
Guan Yu, courtesy name Yunchang, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.
Guangling County
Guangling County is in the northeast of Shanxi province, China.
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Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.
Hanging Temple
The Hanging Temple, also Hengshan Hanging Temple, Hanging Monastery or Xuankong Temple is a temple built into a cliff (above the ground) near Mount Heng in Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province, China.
Hebei
Hebei is a province in North China.
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Horses in East Asian warfare
Horses in East Asian warfare are inextricably linked with the strategic and tactical evolution of armed conflict throughout the course of East Asian military history.
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Hunyuan County
Hunyuan County is a county under the administration of Datong City, in the northeast of Shanxi province, China.
IMDb
IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.
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Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.
ISO 3166-2:CN
ISO 3166-2:CN is the entry for China in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g. provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Jin (Chinese state)
Jin (Old Chinese: &ast), originally known as Tang (唐), was a major state during the middle part of the Zhou dynasty, based near the centre of what was then China, on the lands attributed to the legendary Xia dynasty: the southern part of modern Shanxi.
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Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
The Jin dynasty, officially known as the Great Jin, was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 1115 and 1234 founded by Emperor Taizu (first).
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Jumenbu
Jumenbu, is a fortress of the Ming Great Wall Shanxi Section, located in Datong city in Shanxi province, China.
Jurchen people
Jurchen (Manchu: Jušen,; 女真, Nǚzhēn) is a term used to collectively describe a number of East Asian Tungusic-speaking people.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Knife-cut noodles
Knife-cut noodles (p), also known as knife-sliced noodles or knife-shaved noodles in English, are a type of noodle in Chinese cuisine often associated with Shanxi province.
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Kuangqu, Datong
Kuangqu is a now defunct former district of Datong, Shanxi province, China.
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Lanham, Maryland
Lanham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland.
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Lingqiu County
Lingqiu County is a county under the administration of Datong City, in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering Hebei province to the east.
List of Chinese prefecture-level cities by GDP per capita
The scope listed in the table is top prefectures by GDP per capita over ten thousand US dollars, including direct-administered municipalities that are roughly comparable in area and economic volume.
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List of cities in China by population
As of 2023, the five largest cities in China by population are Chongqing (31.91 million), Shanghai (24.87 million), Beijing (21.86 million), Chengdu (21.403 million) and Guangzhou (18.827 million).
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List of ethnic groups in China
The Han people are the largest ethnic group in mainland China.
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List of National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China
This is a list of cities designated as National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities (国家历史文化名城) by the State Council of China.
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List of twin towns and sister cities in China
This is a list of places in China which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
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Loess
A loess (from Löss) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.
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Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history.
Monsoon
A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.
Mount Heng (Shanxi)
Mount Heng, also known by its Chinese name Hengshan, is a mountain in north-central China's Shanxi Province, known as the northern mountain of the Five Great Mountains of China.
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National Bureau of Statistics of China
The National Bureau of Statistics is a deputy-ministerial level agency directly under the State Council of China.
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Nine-Dragon Wall
A Nine-Dragon Wall or Nine-Dragon Screen is a type of screen wall with reliefs of nine different Chinese dragons.
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Northern Wei
Wei, known in historiography as the Northern Wei, Tuoba Wei, Yuan Wei and Later Wei, was an imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei.
Pingcheng District
Pingcheng District, formerly known as Chengqu or Cheng District is a district of Datong, Shanxi, China.
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Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese.
Postal codes in China
Postal codes in the People's Republic of China are postal codes used by China Post for the delivery of letters and goods within mainland China.
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Prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
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Provinces of China
Provinces (p) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China.
Renminbi
The renminbi (symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB), also known as Chinese Yuan is the official currency of the People's Republic of China.
Semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.
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Shanhua Temple
Shanhua Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Datong, Shanxi Province, China.
Shanxi
Shanxi is an inland province of China and is part of the North China region.
Shanxi Datong University
Shanxi Datong University (SDU) is a university in Datong, Shanxi, China.
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Shuozhou
Shuozhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. Datong and Shuozhou are cities in Shanxi and prefecture-level divisions of Shanxi.
Sixth Tone
Sixth Tone is a state-owned English-language online magazine published by Shanghai United Media Group.
South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post (SCMP), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group.
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Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.
Temple of Confucius
A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple is a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions.
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The Chinese Mayor
The Chinese Mayor, original title Datong (大同), is a 2015 documentary that follows Datong mayor Geng Yanbo's efforts to transform one of China's most polluted cities into a cultural destination, in large part by displacing 500,000 residents (about 200,000 homes demolished) to reconstruct the 14th century Ming Dynasty walls of the Old City.
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Tianzhen County
Tianzhen County is a county of Shanxi province, China, bordering Hebei province to the northeast, east and south and Inner Mongolia to the northwest.
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Time in China
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time) based on the National Time Service Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences located in Mount Li, Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, even though the country spans five geographical time zones.
Ulanqab
Ulanqab or Ulan Chab (17pxUlaɣančab qota; Mongolian Cyrillic.Улаанцав хот) is a region administered as a prefecture-level city in south-central Inner Mongolia, China.
United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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Vehicle registration plates of China
Vehicle registration plates in China are mandatory metal or plastic plates attached to motor vehicles in mainland China for official identification purposes.
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Xinrong District
Xinrong District is a district of the city of Datong, Shanxi, People's Republic of China.
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Xinzhou
Xinzhou, ancient name Xiurong (秀荣), is a prefecture-level city occupying the north-central section of Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei to the east, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. Datong and Xinzhou are cities in Shanxi and prefecture-level divisions of Shanxi.
Xiongnu
The Xiongnu were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD.
Yanggao County
Yanggao County is a county in the northeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest and Hebei province to the east.
Yanmen Commandery
Yanmen Commandery was an administrative subdivision (jùn) of the state of Zhao established BC and of northern imperial Chinese dynasties until AD758.
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Yungang District
Yungang District formerly, Nanjiao District is a district of the city of Datong, Shanxi province, China.
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Yungang Grottoes
The Yungang Grottoes, formerly the Wuzhoushan Grottoes, are ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, then called Pingcheng, in the province of Shanxi.
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Yunzhou District
Yunzhou District is a district of the city of Datong, Shanxi.
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Zhang Jifu
Zhang Jifu (born September 1964) is a Chinese politician, and the Communist Party Secretary of Datong.
Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakou, also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the southwest.
Zhao (state)
Zhao was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China.
Zuoyun County
Zuoyun County is a county in the north of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north.
See also
Cities in Shanxi
- Changzhi
- Datong
- Fenyang
- Gaoping
- Gujiao
- Houma, Shanxi
- Huozhou
- Jincheng
- Jinzhong
- Lüliang
- Linfen
- Lucheng District, Changzhi
- Pingyao
- Shuozhou
- Taiyuan
- Xiaoyi
- Xinzhou
- Yangquan
- Yongji, Shanxi
- Yuncheng
Prefecture-level divisions of Shanxi
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datong
Also known as Da Tong, Datong City, Datong Fu, Datong Prefecture, Datong, Shanxi, History of Datong, Pingcheng, Pingcheng County, Ta-T'ung, Ta-tung, Tat'ung, Tatung-fu, Tourism in Datong, .
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