Birding in Taiyuan City
With a history of more than 2,500 years, Taiyuan, the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province in North China, is situated in the northern part of the fertile Jinzhong Basin with Taihang Mountain in the east and Lvliang Mountain in the west. In 2010, it had a total population of 4.3 million. The major industries for Taiyuan are coal, chemistry, and machinery.