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Jincheng

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Settlement.name: Jincheng
Settlement.native_name: 晋城市
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh-Hans
Settlement.other_name: Tsincheng
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.image_map: Location of Jincheng Prefecture within Shanxi (China).png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Jincheng City jurisdiction in Shanxi
Settlement.pushpin_map: Shanxi
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of the city center in Shanxi
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 240
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Shanxi
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County-level divisions
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 6
Settlement.seat_type: Municipal seat

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Jincheng is a prefecture-level city situated in the southeast of Shanxi province, China. It shares its border with Henan province to the south and southeast. The city is recognized as an industrial hub, with coal mining being one of its key industries. The population of the entire city is estimated to be 2.2 million.

Due to the extensive coal industry in the region, Jincheng has gained notoriety for air pollution. However, the local government has recently made significant investments to address this issue. Efforts have been made to enhance the air quality in the city, such as tree planting, developing and maintaining vast parks and ecological reserves, shutting down or relocating some of the most polluting factories, and promoting the use of coalbed methane, which is a cleaner fuel source than coal.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jincheng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.