Taiyuan

Taiyuan
Climate diagram
	Temperature in ° C , precipitation in mm
	Source: wetterkontor.de

Taiyuan
Coordinates	37 ° 52 ' N , 112 ° 34' E Coordinates: 37 ° 52 ' N , 112 ° 34' E
	Location of Taiyuan (red) in Shanxi (orange) and China (yellow)
Basic data
Country	People's Republic of China
province	Shanxi
ISO 3166-2	CN-SX
height	780 m
surface	6956 km²
Residents	4,201,591 (2010)
density	604 Ew. / km²
	Taiyuan satellite image

Attractions

Taiyuan ( Chinese 太原市 , Pinyin Taiyuan Shì ) is the capital of the province of Shanxi in the People's Republic of China and is located at 780 meters above sea level on the river Fen River . As a district-free city , Taiyuan has an administrative area of 6,988 km² and approx. 4.2 million inhabitants (2010).

Taiyuan has a history of over 2500 years and was founded in 497 BC. . AD under the name of Jinyang ( 晉陽 built).

Taiyuan is now an important industrial location in northern China. The most important branches of industry are: coal mining , iron smelting and the production of stainless steel and aluminum .

Taiyuan is home to the Taiyuan Cosmodrome , a smaller spaceport for the satellite launches of the Chinese Long March launcher .

The Jinci temple complex in Tàiyuán has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-85) since 1961 . This list also includes the Yongzuo Temple (6-467).

Taiyuan maintains a city partnership with Chemnitz .

Administrative structure

At the county level, Taiyuan consists of six boroughs , three counties and one urban district. These are:


Name (transcr.)	Surname	Type	Area [km²]	Inhabitants approx.	comment
Xinghualing	杏花岭区	Borough	170	530,000	Center, seat of the city government
Xiaodian	小店区	Borough	295	470,000
Yingze	迎泽区	Borough	117	490,000
Jiancaoping	尖草坪区	Borough	286	330,000
Wanbailin	万柏林区	Borough	305	500,000
Jinyuan	晋源区	Borough	287	180,000
Qingxu	清徐县	circle	607	300,000	Main town: Qingyuan Township (清源镇)
Yangqu	阳曲县	circle	2062	140,000	Main town: Huangzhai Municipality (黄寨镇)
Loufan	娄烦县	circle	1290	120,000	Main town: Loufan municipality (娄烦镇)
Gujiao	古交市	city	1540	210,000

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Taiyuan Railway Station

Shanxi Province is characterized by heavy industry and coal mining and has the largest coal reserves in China. The transport of coal, but also ore and steel, is usually carried out via the Chinese rail network . Measured by the tons of goods loaded in 2012, Taiyuan is the largest freight hub in the People's Republic of China. In a north-south direction, the Datong – Puzhou railway crosses the city of Taiyuan, and to the east of the city center is the Taiyuan passenger station.

sons and daughters of the town

Wang Yue (* 1987), chess player
Li Chao (* 1989), chess player

Climate table

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Taiyuan

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	1.5	4.6	11.3	19.2	25.4	28.6	29.2	27.8	23.1	17.6	9.2	2.5	O	16.7
Min. Temperature (° C)	-12.2	-8.8	-2.5	4.6	10.3	14.7	18.1	16.9	10.5	4.0	-2.9	-10.0	O	3.6

Precipitation ( mm )	3	6th	11	24	35	55	120	94	64	29	12	3	Σ	456

Hours of sunshine ( h / d )	5.9	6.1	6.8	7.4	8.6	8.8	7.6	7.4	6.8	6.8	6.1	5.6	O	7th

Humidity ( % )	51	50	52	48	49	57	72	76	72	67	64	57	O	59.6

Source: wetterkontor.de

Web links

Commons : Taiyuan - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Zhenhua Chen, Kingsley E. Haynes: Chinese Railways in the Era of High-Speed. Emerald Group, Bingley 2015, ISBN 978-1-78441-985-1 .

[chen-1] Zhenhua Chen, Kingsley E. Haynes: Chinese Railways in the Era of High-Speed. Emerald Group, Bingley 2015, ISBN 978-1-78441-985-1 .