Taiyuan Overview

Location: located between 111^o30' east longitude and 113^o09' north latitude, at the northern end of the Loess Plateau

Neighboring Areas: Hebei, Henan, and Shaanxi Provinces; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Population: 2.93 million
Urban Population: 1.83 million
Area: 6,988 sq km.

Nationalities: Han, Hui

History: a long history of 2,500 years

Climatic Features: continental monsoon climate

Mountains: Mt. Wutai