OverviewDatong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, located in a basin at an elevation of 1,040 metres (3,410 ft) and bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. It had a population of 3,318,057 at the 2010 census of whom 1...

OverviewDatong was called Ping Cheng in ancient times, when it was under the jurisdiction of Yanmen Prefecture. Ping Cheng nestles between the outer and inner Great Walls and Fort Wuzhou (presently the old city of Zuoyun) was of strategic importance as the northern gateway to Central China since it ...

Datong is situated in northern Shanxi Province. Its bordered by Inner Mongolia to the North and Hebei Province to the east. Datong is subjected to the temperate continental monsoon climate and has distinct four seasons.The best time to visit the Datong city is from April to September where the annua...