Datong Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 cens ...

(大同市) is a prefecture-level city in Shanxi province, China. Datong (

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

) or Tatung (

Wade–Giles Wade–Giles () is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Francis Wade, during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert A. Giles's '' Chinese–English Dictionary'' of ...

) may also refer to: *

Great Unity The Great Unity () is a Chinese utopian vision of the world in which everyone and everything is at peace. It is found in classical Chinese philosophy which has been invoked many times in the modern history of China. History The notion of the " ...

, a classical Chinese concept for an utopian view of the world

Places

Counties

Datong County, Shanxi Yunzhou District () is a district of the city of Datong, Shanxi. It was formerly known as Datong County () until 9 February 2018 in a State Council State Council may refer to: Government * State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national ...

(大同县) *

Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County (;; Xiao'erjing: ) is an autonomous county of Hui and Tu peoples in Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xining, the capital of Qinghai. Since 2009, a folk mu ...

(大通回族土族自治县), Qinghai

Districts

* Datong District, Daqing (大同区), Heilongjiang *

Datong District, Huainan Datong () is a district of the city of Huainan, Anhui Province, China. Administrative divisions In the present, Datong District has 1 subdistrict, 3 towns and 1 township. ;1 Subdistrict * Datong () ;3 Towns * Shangyao () * Luohe Luohe (; po ...

(大通区), Anhui *

Datong District, Taipei Datong District or Tatung is a district of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is located between the Taipei Metro Red Line and eastern shore of the Tamsui River, and between Civic Boulevard and the Sun Yat-sen Freeway. The southern part of this area used ...

(大同區), Taiwan

Towns

Datong, Yilan Datong Township () is a mountain indigenous township in the southwestern part of Yilan County, Taiwan. It is the second largest township in Yilan County after Nan'ao Township. Geography It is predominantly populated by Taiwanese aborigines o ...

, Taiwan

Institutions and universities

Shanxi Datong University Shanxi Datong University (SDU; ) is a university in Datong, Shanxi, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous c ...

, in Datong, Shanxi *

Tatung University Tatung University (TTU/) is a private university in Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan. It was first founded in 1956 as Tatung Institute of Technology but renamed in 1999 as Tatung University. Currently, Tatung University has four colleges: College ...

, Taipei, Taiwan *

Tatung Institute of Commerce and Technology Tatung Institute of Technology (TTC; ) is an educational institution based in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. It has five new departments: Finance, Food and Beverage Management, Early Childhood Care and Education, Multimedia Design, and ...

, in Chiayi County, Taiwan *

Utopia University Utopia University, known in Chinese as Datong or Tatung University, was a private university in Shanghai. It was established in March 1912 by a group of former Tsinghua faculty members led by Hu Dunfu, and became one of the most reputable privat ...

, or Datong University, in Shanghai

Companies and sport clubs

Datong Coal Mining Group The Datong Coal Mining Group () is a third-largest state-owned coal mining enterprise in China, after Shenhua Group and China Coal Group. It is located at Datong City, the second largest city in Shanxi Province which has the greatest coal de ...

, state-owned coal mining enterprise of the PRC **

Datong Coal Industry Datong Coal Industry Co,. Ltd., established in 2001 and parented by Datong Coal Mining Group. It is engaged in excavating, processing and sales of coal. Its headquarters is in Datong City, the second largest city in Shanxi Province which has ...

, a subsidiary and listed company of Datong Coal Mining Group *

CRRC Datong CRRC Datong Co. Ltd. () is a Chinese railway locomotive manufacturing plant based in Datong, Shanxi, China, founded 1953. The factory was a major producer of steam locomotives for the Chinese market up to 1988 when production switched to diese ...

, since 2003 'CNR Datong Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd' (DELC), in Datong, Shanxi *SAIC Datong, Chinese name of the automotive manufacturer

Maxus SAIC Maxus Automotive Co., Ltd. trading as Maxus and sometimes known by the pinyin transcription of its Chinese name, Datong (大通) is a Chinese vehicle brand. Currently, it is a commercial and passenger vehicle manufacturer being a wholly o ...

Tatung Company Tatung Company () (Tatung; ) is a multinational corporation established in 1918 and headquartered in Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan. Description Established in 1918 and headquartered in Taipei, Tatung Company holds 3 business groups, which includes ...

, Taiwanese electronics company ** Tatung F.C., a Taiwanese football club owned by the company

Historical eras

*Datong (大通, 527–529),

Emperor Wu of Liang Emperor Wu of Liang () (464 – 12 June 549), personal name Xiao Yan (蕭衍), courtesy name Shuda (叔達), childhood name Lian'er (練兒), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Liang dynasty, during the Northern and Southern dynasties perio ...

's 3rd reign period *Datong (大同, 535–546), Emperor Wu of Liang's 5th reign period *Datong (大統, 535–551), an era name used by

Emperor Wen of Western Wei Emperor Wen of Western Wei ((西)魏文帝) (507 – 28 March 551), personal name Yuan Baoju (元寶炬), was an emperor of Western Wei—a branch successor state to Northern Wei. In 534, Yuan Baoju, then the Prince of Nanyang, followed his cousi ...

*Datong (大同, 947), an era name used by

Emperor Taizong of Liao Emperor Taizong of Liao (25 November 902 – 18 May 947), personal name Yaogu, sinicised name Yelü Deguang, courtesy name Dejin, was the second emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China. Background Yelü Deguang was born in 902, befor ...

*Datong (大同, 1224–1233), an era name used by

Puxian Wannu Púxiān Wànnú ({{zh, t=蒲鮮萬奴, s=蒲鲜万奴, w=P'u-hsien Wan-nu) was a Jurchen warlord who established the short-lived Eastern Xia dynasty in 13th-century China. He originally served the waning Jin dynasty under pressure from the Mo ...

*Datong (大同, 1932–1934), an era name used by

Puyi Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...

as Emperor of Manchukuo

Other uses

Datong (instrument) The ''datong'' ( 大筒) is a bowed string instrument in the ''huqin'' family, and is used as an accompanying instrument in the ''huaguxi'' opera tradition of Hunan, China. Referring to this role, the instrument is also referred to ''huagu daton ...

, a Chinese music instrument *''

The Chinese Mayor ''The Chinese Mayor'' (), original title ''Datong'' (大同), is a 2015 documentary that follows Datong mayor Geng Yanbo's efforts to transform one of the China's most polluted cities into a cultural destination, in large part by displacing 500,0 ...

'', also called ''Datong'', documentary film {{disambiguation