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Datong, a city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, is one of thefirst batch of 24 national historical and cultural cities in China, one of thefirst batch of 13 larger cities in China, one of the nine ancient capitals inChina, national new energy demonstration city, China's excellent tourism city,National Garden City, National double support model city, nationaltransportation hub city, China's sculpture City, and China's top ten sports andleisure city.
Datong is the vice central city of Shanxi Province and the second largestcity in Shanxi Province. It is located in the center of Datong Basin in thenorth of Shanxi Province, the junction of Shanxi, Hebei and Inner Mongolia, andthe northeast edge of the Loess Plateau. In fact, it is the barrier of the wholeShanxi Province, the gateway of the north, and the throat of Shanxi, Hebei andInner Mongolia. It is a place that must be contested by military strategists inthe past dynasties.
Datong, formerly known as Yunzhong and Pingcheng in ancient times, was thecapital of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the capital of Liao and Jin Dynasties.There are many historic sites in Datong, including Yungang Grottoes, HuayanTemple, Shanhua temple, Hengshan Xuankong Temple, Jiulongbi, etc.
Datong is one of the largest coal energy bases in China, the national heavychemical energy base, the midpoint of Shenfu, Zhungeer emerging energy zone andBeijing Tianjin Tangshan developed industrial zone. It is known as "PhoenixCity" and "coal capital of China".
Datong, a city with unique natural and geographical conditions, hasachieved remarkable results in urban greening and garden coverage after years ofinvestment and construction. On January 14, 20__, Datong City was officiallynamed "national garden city" by the Ministry of housing and urban ruraldevelopment.
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