Shanxi

Shanxi

Coordinates: 37°42′N 112°24′E / 37.7°N 112.4°E / 37.7; 112.4

Shanxi Province

	山西省

Abbreviations: simplified Chinese: 晋; traditional Chinese: 晉 (pinyin: Jìn)

Origin of name

山 shān - mountain
西 xī - west
"west of the Taihang Mountains"

Administration type

Province

Capital
(and largest city)

Taiyuan

CPC Ctte Secretary

Yuan Chunqing

Governor

Wang Jun

Area

156,800 km2 (60,500 sq mi) (19th)

- Latitude

34° 35' to 40° 44' N

- Longitude

110° 13' to 114° 33' E

Population (2010)
- Density

35,712,111 (18th)
213 /km2 (550 /sq mi) (19th)

GDP (2011)

- per capita

CNY 1110.0 billion
US$ 176.2 billion (21st)
CNY 26,283
US$ 3,883 (17th)

HDI (2008)

0.800 (high) (14th)

Ethnic composition

Han - 99.7%
Hui - 0.2%

Languages and dialects

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Prefectural level

11 divisions

County level

119 divisions

Township level*

1388 divisions

ISO 3166-2

CN-14

Official website
www.shanxigov.cn (Chinese)

Source for population and GDP data: Source for nationalities data: *

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Shanxi (Chinese: 山西; pinyin: Shānxī; Wade–Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" (pinyin: Jìn), after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period.

The name Shanxi literally means "mountain's west", which refers to the province's location west of the Taihang Mountains. Shanxi borders Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the north and is made up mainly of a plateau bounded partly by mountain ranges. The capital of the province is Taiyuan.