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Prefecture-level city in Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Jinzhong

Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east.

Jinzhong
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The place

Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east. As of the 2020 census, its total population was 3,379,498 inhabitants of whom 1,226,617 lived in the Yuci and Taigu urban districts. However, 5,433,659 lived in the built-up area of Taiyuan - Jinzhong made of Yuci district plus the 6 Taiyuan urban/built-up districts, largely conurbated.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Jinzhong

One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Taiyuan Normal University

    Taiyuan Normal University is a university in Shanxi, China under the authority of the provincial government. Taiyuan Normal University is a teaching University.

    7.7 km · university in China · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Do

Things to do

There are many cinemas in Jinzhong. Jinzhong Cinema is located in North Dao Street, Zhongdu Road, Yuci District, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, China. Many movies can be watched in this cinema. = = On February 28, the highlight of the China (Jinzhong) Shehuo Festival was held in the urban area of Jinzhong City.

From Wikivoyage: Jinzhong, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Pingyao bowl holder Long-standing Pingyao characteristics of the flavor of pasta snacks, with gluten texture, smooth and delicious characteristics. Guanxian Also known as filling sugar, Shanxi Jiexiu characteristics of the traditional sugar, Jiexiu eight precious one of the precious, but also one of the top

From Wikivoyage: Jinzhong, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Jinzhong

Airports
Taiyuan Wusu (TYN), 13 km · Shijiazhuang Zhengding (SJW), 183 km · Datong Yungang (DAT), 271 km
Stations
Yuci Railway Station, 2.6 km
  • Shijiazhuang → Jinzhong
    156 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · ¥80–110
  • Datong → Jinzhong
    272 km · quickest by road, 4h 21m · ¥115–155
  • Beijing → Jinzhong
    401 km · quickest by air, 5h 11m · ¥540–840
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Jinzhong

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jinzhong. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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Around it

Next door to Jinzhong

Jinzhong is 26 km from Taiyuan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.