Summary | The city has a population of 3.36 million and covers
an area of 14,176 sq km. It enjoys a warm temperate continental
monsoon climate, with dry, cold winters and hot summers. Datong
is famous for its large coal and coal bed gas reserves. Datong
Coal Field is the largest one in China. With coal reserves of
71.8 billion tons, Datong won the name of "Capital of Coal in ...
chinaknowledge.com | 08 January 2015