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Taiyuan
Taiyuan, Shanxi/China Jinyang, Taiyuan Fu, Yangzhu ‘Furthest Plain’ from tài ‘remotest’ or ‘big’ and yuán ‘plain’. Founded in 246 bc, it became known as Jinyang from Jin, the name of a river, and yáng signifying that it was built on the north bank of that river. It was renamed Taiyuan Fu, fŭ indicating that it had become a ‘prefecture’, in the 14th century and it retained this status until 1912 when it was renamed Yangzhu. In 1947 it adopted its present name.
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Taiyuan
Taiyuan , city (1994 est. pop. 1,642,300), capital of Shanxi prov., N China, on the Fen River, in one of the world's richest coal and iron areas. It is a mining and smelting center with a large iron and steel complex and plants making heavy machinery, chemicals, plastics, fertilizer, cement, paper products, and processed foods. Taiyuan is connected by rail with Beijing. An ancient walled city, it fell to the Communists in 1949 after a siege in which thousands starved. Shanxi Medical College is in the city. Taiyuan was formerly called Yanggu. |
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