Map of Datong, Anhui, China

Datong is a city in Anhui, China, with a population of about 61,085. It lies at 32.6208°N, 117.0632°E. Datong is about 812 km (505 mi) south of Beijing, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Huainan, 6 km to the west.

Datong at a glance

Where is Datong?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 00 min on the shortest day to 14 h 18 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Datong

• Huainan — 6 km west
• Huaiyuan Chengguanzhen — 39 km north
• Bengbu — 45 km northeast
• Yingshang Chengguanzhen — 74 km west
• Huoqiu Chengguanzhen — 78 km west
• Mengcheng Chengguanzhen — 85 km northwest
• Mingguang — 86 km east
• Hefei — 87 km south
• Wuyang — 104 km southwest
• Lu’an — 111 km southwest

Largest cities in Anhui

• Hefei — 5,050,000
• Fuyang — 1,768,947
• Huainan — 1,666,826
• Suzhou — 1,647,642
• Lu’an — 1,644,344
• Wuhu — 1,598,165
• Bozhou — 1,409,436
• Huaibei — 1,113,321
• Bengbu — 972,784
• Anqing — 804,493

Largest cities in China

• Shanghai — 24,874,500
• Beijing — 18,960,744
• Guangzhou — 18,676,605
• Shenzhen — 17,494,398
• Tianjin — 13,866,009
• Wuhan — 13,739,000
• Chengdu — 13,568,357
• Xi’an — 12,952,907
• Hangzhou — 11,936,010
• Dongguan — 9,644,871

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Other places named Datong

• Datong — Shanxi, China
• Datong — Chongqing, China

Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.