Datong

prefecture-level city in Shanxi, China
Organization prefecture_level_city Q72877
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Datong

Summary

Datong is a prefecture-level city[1]. Datong draws 310 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture_level_city category, ranking #45 of 278).[2]

Key Facts

  • Datong was a member of World Tourism Cities Federation[3].
  • Datong is located in Shanxi[4].
  • Datong is located in Shanxi[5].
  • Datong is in the country of People's Republic of China[6].
  • Datong's image is recorded as The skyline of Datong(Southgate)2019.jpg[7].
  • Datong's instance of is recorded as prefecture-level city[8].
  • Datong's instance of is recorded as big city[9].
  • Datong's capital is recorded as Pingcheng District[10].
  • Datong's shares border with is recorded as Hebei[11].
  • Datong's shares border with is recorded as Inner Mongolia[12].
  • Datong's shares border with is recorded as Zhangjiakou[13].
  • Datong's shares border with is recorded as Baoding[14].
  • Datong's shares border with is recorded as Ulanqab[15].
  • Datong's shares border with is recorded as Shuozhou[16].
  • Datong's shares border with is recorded as Xinzhou[17].
  • Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Pingcheng District[18].
  • Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Xinrong District[19].
  • Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yanggao County[20].
  • Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Tianzhen County[21].
  • Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Guangling County[22].
  • Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Lingqiu County[23].
  • Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Hunyuan County[24].
  • Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Zuoyun County[25].
  • Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yunzhou District[26].
  • Datong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yungang District[27].

Body

Identity

Datong's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-cn', 'text': '大同市'}[28]. Datong's part of is recorded as Shanxi[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Datong include Datong Yungang International Airport[30], an airport[31], in People's Republic of China[32], founded in 2006[33].

Why It Matters

Datong draws 310 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture_level_city category, ranking #45 of 278).[2] Datong has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Datong is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Datong include Datong Yungang International Airport[30], an airport[31], in People's Republic of China[32], founded in 2006[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [29] . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] . cn.wtcf.org.cn. cn.wtcf.org.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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