Taiyuan

Chang Jiang (Yantse) Datong Lhasa - Tibet Mogao Caves Mt.Wutai
Silk Road Taiyuan The Great Wall West Lake Yunnan Stone Forest
TAIYUAN
Chongshang Surgery Jinci Temple Twin Pagoda Temple

 

Location: located between 11130' east longitude and 113 09' north latitude, at the northern end of the Loess Plateau

Neighboring Areas: Hebei, Henan, and Shaanxi provinces; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Population: 2.93 million

Urban Population: 1.83 million

Area: 6,988 sq km.

Nationalities: Han, Hui

History: a long history of 2500 years

Climatic Features: continental monsoon climate

Mountains: Mt. Wutai