Datong

Summary

Datong is a prefecture-level city^[1]. Datong draws 517 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture_level_city category, ranking #45 of 278).^[2]

Key Facts

• Datong was a member of World Tourism Cities Federation^[3].
• Datong is located in Shanxi^[4].
• Datong is located in Shanxi^[5].
• Datong is in the country of People's Republic of China^[6].
• Datong's instance of is recorded as prefecture-level city^[7].
• Datong's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Datong's capital is recorded as Pingcheng District^[9].
• Datong's shares border with is recorded as Hebei^[10].
• Datong's shares border with is recorded as Inner Mongolia^[11].
• Datong's shares border with is recorded as Zhangjiakou^[12].
• Datong's shares border with is recorded as Baoding^[13].
• Datong's shares border with is recorded as Ulanqab^[14].
• Datong's shares border with is recorded as Shuozhou^[15].
• Datong's shares border with is recorded as Xinzhou^[16].
• Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Pingcheng District^[17].
• Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Xinrong District^[18].
• Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yanggao County^[19].
• Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Tianzhen County^[20].
• Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Guangling County^[21].
• Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Lingqiu County^[22].
• Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Hunyuan County^[23].
• Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Zuoyun County^[24].
• Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yunzhou District^[25].
• Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yungang District^[26].
• Datong's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ōmuta-shi^[27].

Body

Identity

Datong's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-cn', 'text': '大同市'}^[28]. Datong is part of Shanxi^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Datong include Datong Yungang International Airport^[30], an airport^[31], in People's Republic of China^[32], founded in 2006^[33].

Why It Matters

Datong draws 517 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture_level_city category, ranking #45 of 278).^[2] Datong has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Datong is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Datong include Datong Yungang International Airport^[30], an airport^[31], in People's Republic of China^[32], founded in 2006^[33].