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Taiyuan

太原市
Clockwise frae tap: Dountoun Taiyuan, The east pagoda in Twin Pagoda Temple, Jinci Temple, Longtan Pairk.
Clockwise frae tap: Dountoun Taiyuan, The east pagoda in Twin Pagoda Temple, Jinci Temple, Longtan Pairk.
Eik-name(s): 
Bingzhou (并州); Jinyang (晋阳); Dragon City (龙城)
Taiyuan (reid) in Shanxi (orange)
Taiyuan (reid) in Shanxi (orange)
Taiyuan is located in Shanxi
Taiyuan
Taiyuan
Location o the ceety center in Shanxi
Coordinates: 37°52′10″N 112°33′37″E / 37.86944°N 112.56028°E / 37.86944; 112.56028Coordinates: 37°52′10″N 112°33′37″E / 37.86944°N 112.56028°E / 37.86944; 112.56028
KintraFowkrepublic o Cheenae
ProvinceShanxi
Govrenment
 • Pairty SecretarWu Zhenglong
 • MayorGeng Yanbo 耿彦波
Area
 • Prefectur-level ceety6,959 km2 (2,687 sq mi)
 • Urban
1,460 km2 (560 sq mi)
Elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)
Highest elevation
2670 m (8,760 ft)
Lowest elevation
760 m (2,490 ft)
Population
 (2010 census)[1]
 • Prefectur-level ceety4,201,591
 • Density600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
 • Urban
3,212,500
 • Urban density2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart)
Postal code
030000
Area code(s)351
GDP¥ 177.8 billion (2010)
GDP per capita¥ 50,802 (2010)
Major NationalitiesHan
Licence platesA
Admeenistrative diveesion code140100
ISO 3166-2CN-14-01
Websitetaiyuan.gov.cn

Taiyuan (Cheenese: 太原; pinyin: Tàiyuán [tʰaɪ̂ɥɛ̌n]), cried Bing (并) or Jinyang (晋阳)[2] an aa, is the caipital an lairgest ceety o North China's Shanxi province.[3]

Internaitional relations

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Taiyuan haes a friendship pairin wi the follaeing ceeties:[4]

References

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  1. "山西省2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报(Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China" (in Cheenese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. Archived frae the original on 17 Apryle 2013. Retrieved 2 Juin 2015.
  2. "太原市". www.shanxigov.cn (in Chinese). 山西省人民政府. 26 October 2012. Archived frae the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 Julie 2015.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  3. "Illuminating China's Provinces, Municipalities and Autonomous Regions". PRC Central Government Official Website. Retrieved 17 Mey 2014.
  4. "Foreign Exchanges". Doing Business in Shanxi. China.org.cn. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2013.
  5. "Sister Cities of Nashville". SCNashville.org. Retrieved 3 August 2011.