Datong is located in the northernmost part of Shanxi Province, east longitude11234'-1433', north latitude 39 03'-40 44'. It is bounded by the Great Wall in the north, adjacent to Xinghe County, fengzhen city County and Liangcheng County in Wulanchabu City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and connected to Youyu County, Huairen County, Yingxian County and Fan Shi in Xinzhou City in the west and south.
Shuozhou City is located in the north of Shanxi Province, China, in the upper reaches of Sanggan River, adjacent to Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the northwest and Yanmenguan in the south. Generally speaking, the landform is surrounded by mountains in the north, west and south, and the mountains are high. The middle part of Sanggan River is a relatively low alluvial plain, which belongs to the temperate continental monsoon climate.
In the early Western Zhou Dynasty, vassals were enfeoffed on a large scale, and the central and southern Shanxi was the territory of more than ten vassals, among which the main vassal state was Jin State.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin developed strongly and gradually annexed small neighboring countries, becoming one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period. At its peak, the territory of the State of Jin included about south-central Shanxi, southwest Hebei, northwest Henan and east Shaanxi, with more than 50 counties, including 65,438+00 counties in Shanxi. The Jin Dynasty was the origin of the county system, and later Qin extended this system to the whole country.
In the Yuan Dynasty, there were 1 1 provinces in China, Shanxi, Shandong and Hebei were also called "hinterland" of the Yuan Dynasty, and Datong, Pingyang (now Linfen) and Taiyuan became famous cities in the Yellow River basin.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanxi (People's Republic of China (PRC) Provincial Administrative Region)
Baidu Encyclopedia-Shuozhou (prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province)
China Net-Shanxi: There are four expressways, and Datong and Shuozhou in the north of Shanxi are now accessible.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Datong (Datong City, Shanxi Province)