Taiyuan, also known as Bingzhou or Jinyang in ancient times, is also known as "Dragon City". Taiyuan City is the capital of Shanxi Province. Taiyuan is a famous military and cultural center in northern China, as well as a world-renowned capital of Shanxi merchants. It is also one of the most important energy and heavy industry bases in China.
In 2022, Taiyuan City achieved a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 557.117 billion yuan, an increase of 3.3% over the previous year.
Taiyuan City is located within the mainland and has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate, with cold winters and hot summers, short spring and autumn seasons, large temperature differences between day and night, and low and concentrated precipitation. The total area is 6909 square kilometers. Having land resources, the total land use area of Taiyuan City is 691246 square kilometers; Mineral resources mainly include metallic ores such as iron, manganese, and copper, as well as non-metallic ores such as coal, sulfur, gypsum, and refractory clay; Water resources, with a basin area of 6331 square kilometers and a total water resources of 660 million cubic meters per year; Plant resources, including 140 families, 658 genera, and 1347 species of vascular higher plants; There are 173 species of animal resources in 16 orders, 37 families of bird classes, including 4 species of first-class protected birds and 27 species of second-class protected birds at the national level. As of the end of 2021, Taiyuan City has jurisdiction over 10 counties (urban areas), 55 streets, 46 townships, 758 communities, 634 administrative villages, and 1340 natural villages.
As of the end of 2022, the city's permanent population was 5.435 million, an increase of 44100 from the end of 2021.
On August 13, 2019, Taiyuan was selected as a pilot city for the construction of national urban medical consortia. On October 31, 2019, Taiyuan was selected as one of the first batch of 5G commercial cities. On July 30, 2021, the Ministry of Transport named Taiyuan as a national demonstration city for the construction of public transportation cities. Taiyuan is a national historical and cultural city, an ancient capital with a history of more than two thousand years of construction. It is a historic city that "controls the mountains and rivers, sits on the shoulders and backs of the world", and "is located at the forefront of the four passes and controls the capital of the five plains"
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