Taiyuan geodata
Taiyuan (Shanxi) is a seat of a first-order administrative division; located in China in Asia/Shanghai (GMT+8) time zone. With population of 3,426,519 people, there are 31 cities with bigger population in this country. Compared to other cities in China, 80.7% of cities are located further ↓South; 59.8% of cities are located further →East and 82.1% of cities have lower elevation than Taiyuan. Note1
Taiyuan GPS coordinates[2]
37° 52' 9.984" North, 112° 33' 37.008" East
| Map corner | latitude | longitude |
|---|---|---|
| Upper-left | 38.4224°, | 111.85716° |
| Center: | 37.86944°, | 112.56028° |
| Lower-right: | 37.3123°, | 113.26341° |
| Map W x H: | 123.4×123.4 km | = 76.7×76.7mi |
| max Lat: | 53.31946° ⇑19.3% North |
| Taiyuan: | 37.86944° |
| min Lat: | ⇓80.7% South 18.22056° |
| min Long | Taiyuan | max Long |
| 75.07348° | 112.56028° | 134.28917° |
| W 40.2%⇐ | ⇒59.8% E |
Elevation
Elevation of Taiyuan is 795 m = 2608 ft, and this is 310.2 m = 1018 ft above average elevation for this country.
| Max E: |
5622 m = 18445 ft | 17.9% |
| Taiyuan | 795 m 2608 ft | |
| Avg. | 484.8 m = 1591 ft | |
Min E: |
-3 m = -10 ft | 82.1% |
See also: Taiyuan elevation on elevation.city.
Geographical zone
Taiyuan is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1604.8 km =997.2 mi to South.| Distance of | km | miles | from Taiyuan |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Pole | 5796.4 | 3601.7 | to North |
| Arctic Circle | 3190.5 | 1982.5 | to North |
| Tropic Cancer | 1604.8 | 997.2 | to South |
| Equator | 4210.7 | 2616.4 | to South |
Nearby cities:
15 places around Taiyuan: (largest is in red/bold)
• Chaicun
10.2 km =6.3 mi, 
313°
• Changning
34.8 km =21.6 mi, 
133°
• Chaoyang
52 km =32.3 mi, 
85°
• Dongqu
32.1 km =19.9 mi, 
280°
• Dongzhao
31.9 km =19.8 mi, 127°
• Huangzhai
24.5 km =15.2 mi, 
20°
• Jinyuan
17.7 km =11 mi, 
206°
• Julun
4.2 km =2.6 mi, 
356°
• Liuxiang
0.2 km =0.1 mi, 
5°
• Mingxing
49.3 km =30.6 mi, 
181°
• Qianfeng
4.1 km =2.5 mi, 
237°
• Qingyuan
34.8 km =21.6 mi, 
216°
• Tianning
50.2 km =31.2 mi, 224°
• Xiaodian
14.8 km =9.2 mi, 181°
• Yuci
25.9 km =16.1 mi, 
144°
Sources, notices
• [Note1] Compared only with cities in China existing in our database
• [Src1] Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC-BY-SA)
• [Src2] Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
• [Src3] Geographical zone / Annual Mean Temperature by Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia
