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Datong

China

Watercolour of Datong, China. The historic Northern Wei imperial capital nestled between the Yanmenguan Pass and the Great Wall, with Yungang Grottoes and Ming Dynasty Datong Ancient City Wall.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Yungang Grottoes; Ming Dynasty Datong Ancient City Wall; Liao Dynasty Huayan Temple; Nine-Dragon Screen; Mount Heng; northern Chinese flora; Northern Wei Buddhist
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking toward the colossal Cave 20 seated Buddha at Yungang or looking along the reflection moat toward the Datong City Wall corner turret, showing willow branches and stone paths in the foreground, the ancient sandstone carvings or fortified brick walls in the middle-ground, and the rugged, barren mountain ridges fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the weeping willows along the moat, hillside pine groves around Yungang, and city park vegetation.
Guarded against
Not Taiyuan, Pingyao, or Beijing
Population1,850,000Wikidata: 3,318,054
Coordinates40.09°N, 113.29°E
Elevation1,042 m
Area14,056 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:27clock runs 0.4 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Datong and you surface nearest to Valcheta, Argentina — 80 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

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BeijingCN266 km
JinzhongCN272 km
BaotouCN299 km
OrdosCN304 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Datong inside this atlas.

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