Yangquan City, located in the east of Shanxi Province, is a new industrial city and the political, economic and cultural center of eastern Shanxi. It now governs Pingding and Yuxian counties, urban areas, mining areas, suburbs and economic and technological development zones, with an urban area of 4,559 square kilometers and a permanent population of 1, 3 1.85 million at the end of 2020.

Today, Yangquan City is committed to creating a "five cities to create together", building a tourist center city in eastern Shanxi, a comprehensive transportation hub in eastern Shanxi and a bridgehead for the eastward development of Shanxi. In 2020, Yangquan City was selected as a national health city list. 202 1 65438+ Ping 'an Zhongjian Coordination Group Office announced on February 2nd that it was named as 20 17-2020 Ping 'an Zhongjian Demonstration City.

Location context:

Yangquan City is located in the east wing of central Shanxi Province, and its geographical coordinates are1125'-144', 37 40'-38 31'. Located on the west side of the middle part of Taihang Mountain, it is connected to Dingxiang County and Wutai County of Xinzhou City in the north. It is about 106 km long from north to south and about 42 km wide from east to west. The city covers an area of 4559 square kilometers.