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.
Wikipedia
  • 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.

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.

Railway station
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 2½ 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 north of Mingxing.

Mingxing

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
node 13974873858
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1793691
Wiki­data ID
Q11087928
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Satellite Map

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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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Highlights include 西苑公园 and Taigu Drum Tower.

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