1, Datong, a city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, is located in the center of Datong Basin in the north of Shanxi Province, at the junction of Shanxi, Hebei and Mongolia provinces, and on the northeast edge of the Loess Plateau. It is actually the barrier of the whole Jin Dynasty, the gateway to the north and the throat of Shanxi, Hebei and Mongolia. It is a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties and is known as the "northern lock key".
2. Yangquan, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, was called "Yangquan" in ancient times. It faces Shijiazhuang city across Taihang Mountain in the east, Taiyuan city in the west and Jinzhong city in the south. Located on the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau, it belongs to the eastern mountainous area of Shanxi Province, and the landform in the territory is mainly mountainous, and the rest are hills and plains. It belongs to the warm temperate and semi-humid continental monsoon climate zone.
3. Shijiazhuang, referred to as "Stone" for short, formerly known as Shimen, is the capital of Hebei Province and located in the southwest of Hebei Province. Bohai bay economic zone. Hengshui in the east, Xingtai in the south, Shanxi in the west and Baoding in the north, 273 kilometers away from the capital Beijing.
Zhangjiakou City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, also known as "Bird" and "Wucheng", located in the northwest of Hebei Province. It is the central city in the northwest of Hebei Province and the transportation hub connecting Beijing and Tianjin and communicating with Shanxi and Mongolia. It borders Beijing in the southeast, Baoding in Hebei Province in the south, Shanxi Province in the west and southwest, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the north and northwest.
5. Xingtai City, referred to as "Xing" for short, formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, located in the south of Hebei Province. Taihang Mountain borders Shanxi Province in the west, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the east, Shandong Province in the north, Shijiazhuang and Hengshui in the north and Handan in the south. It is the northern gateway city of Zhongyuan urban agglomeration and an important node city of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Datong
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Baidu encyclopedia-Yangquan
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Shijiazhuang
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Baidu encyclopedia-Zhangjiakou
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Xingtai