Mingxing
Mingxing is a town and township-level division and seat of Taigu County, Shanxi, China. It is a seat of a third order administration division. It lies southwest of Jinzhong and comprises nine administrative villages, eleven communities, with a total area of 22 square kilometres.- Type: Village with 83,000 residents
- Description: town
- Also known as: “Mingxing Zhen”, “Mingxing, Shanxi”, “T’ai-ku”, “T’ai-ku-hsien”, “Taigu”, “Taigu Xian”, and “太谷县”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anchan Temple and Wubian Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shuixiu Township.
Shuixiu Township
Town
Shuixiu Township is a township of Taigu District, Jinzhong in central Shanxi province, China. As of 2020, it has 13 villages under its administration. Shuixiu Township is situated 4½ km north of Mingxing.
Mingxing
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Jinzhong, Shanxi, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.42356° or 37° 25′ 25″ north
Longitude
112.53391° or 112° 32′ 2″ east
Population
83,000
Elevation
788 metres (2,585 feet)
Open location code
8P9JCGFM+CH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Mingxing from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Mingxing” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “明星”
- Chinese: “明星村”
- Chinese: “明星镇”
- Gan Chinese: “明星镇”
- Japanese: “明星鎮”
- Welsh: “Mingxing”
- Wu Chinese: “明星镇”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 西苑公园 and Taigu Drum Tower.
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