North China
Shanxi
Jinzhong

Mingxing

Mingxing is a town and township-level division and seat of Taigu County, , . It is a seat of a third order administration division. It lies southwest of and comprises nine administrative villages, eleven communities, with a total area of 22 square kilometres.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town 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.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Buddhist temple.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 2½ km east of Mingxing.

Railway station
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 3½ km east of Mingxing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shuixiu Township.

Town
is a township of , in central province, . As of 2020, it has 13 villages under its administration. is situated 4½ km northeast of Mingxing.

Mingxing

Latitude
37.42806° or 37° 25′ 41″ north
Longitude
112.52317° or 112° 31′ 23″ east
Population
83,000
Elevation
788 metres (2,585 feet)
Open location code
8P9JCGHF+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6696717249
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1793691
Wiki­data ID
Q11087928
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Mingxing” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “明星”
  • Chinese: “明星镇”
  • Gan Chinese: “明星镇”
  • Japanese: “明星鎮”
  • Welsh: “Mingxing”
  • Wu Chinese: “明星镇”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Taigu Drum Tower and 夕阳红疗养院（太康医院）.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mingxing”. Photo: Hshook, CC BY-SA 4.0.