Taiyuan is the provincial capital of Shanxi Province. As a whole, Taiyuan covers an area of 7 thousand square kilometers and has a population of 2.67 million.
There are many mountains around here from east to west and in the north, there are rivers and plains in the middle part and northern part. Taiyuan's main topography is download, the plain only occupies five percent of the area. It is the continental climate in Temperate Zone. The annual precipitation is 456mm and the black frost period can last 170 days. Taiyuan abounds in coal and irons mine resources. There is manganese, copper, aluminum, plaster stone and sulphur, etc.
In the fields of industry, there is metallurgy, machinery, coal and chemical industry. copper and iron industry is the important industrial base in China. It is one of the most important production centers in derrick equipment, mining machinery, steel rolling machinery, sulphuric acid, calcium superphosphate and careful chemical industry in china. Chinese coal mine mainly from Mineral Bureau of western mountain.

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The fact that Taiyuan lies in the very heart of Shanxi Province makes it about the same to access regardless of which direction you are coming from. It boasts fairly advanced transport systems.

Airport

There are daily flights to and from Beijing (a little more than one and a half hours), Shanghai (one and a half hours), Guangzhou (two and a half hours), and Xi'an (one hour and forty minutes), as well as infrequent flights to and from Tianjin (one and a half hours), Chengdu (about two hours), Nanjing (one and a half hours) and Hong Kong (two hours and forty minutes).The city airport, Wusu Airport (Wusu feiji chang), lies on the southeastern outskirts of the city, about 15km from city center. It will cost around RMB25 to reach the center by taxi. The CAAC office is located at 158 Yingze dajie (Tel: 0531-4042903, open 08:00-20:00), for flight and general airport information.

Railway station　

Bus station

Buses are frequently used by locals for intra-province transport, as well as for transporting tourists to outlying destinations such as Datong and Wutaishan Mountain.Buses to Datong leave at 08:00 (8hrs, fare: RMB31) from the long-distance bus station. Faster and more choices include a minibus (about the same price, one hour faster, yet only departing when full) and Iveco buses (RMB50, 5 hours).For Wutaishan Mountain, there are even more options. Six buses leave for the mountain between 06:20 and 10:00. If these are booked or you arrive too late, private buses run from the northern end of the railway station between 06:30 and 13:00.With the completion of Taiyuan-Jiuguan Expressway, it is now fairly convenient to head east to Hebei Province and further towards Beijing. Heading for Beijing, you should go to the western side of the long-distance bus station. Buses here depart every 30 minutes from 06:30 to 23:00. Since the price is the same RMB120 regardless of the type of bus you chose, it is advisable to pick a Mercedes or Volvo, which can cover the leg faster (within 6 hours).The long-distance bus station lies on Yingze dajie, to the east of the May First Square (Wuyi guangchang) and to the west of the railway station.

city transport

All kinds of buses and minibuses traverse the city proper, offering great convenience for local people as well as backpacking tourists. Quite a number of buses and trams can be found at the afore-mentioned May First Square, although for non Chinese speakers finding their routes may prove hard. Taxis will generally not be more than RMB10 for most areas of the city.

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