Administrative Divisions
Shanxi is divided into eleven prefecture-level divisions, all of them prefecture-level cities:
| Map | # | Name | Administrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — Prefecture-level city — | |||||
| 1 | Taiyuan | Xinghualing District | 太原市 Tàiyuán Shì |
4,201,591 | |
| 2 | Changzhi | Chengqu District | 长治市 Chángzhì Shì |
3,334,564 | |
| 3 | Datong | Chengqu District | 大同市 Dàtóng Shì |
3,318,057 | |
| 4 | Jincheng | Chengqu District | 晋城市 Jìnchéng Shì |
2,279,151 | |
| 5 | Jinzhong | Yuci District | 晋中市 Jìnzhōng Shì |
3,249,425 | |
| 6 | Linfen | Yaodu District | 临汾市 Línfén Shì |
4,316,612 | |
| 7 | Lüliang | Lishi District | 吕梁市 Lǚliáng Shì |
3,727,057 | |
| 8 | Shuozhou | Shuocheng District | 朔州市 Shuòzhōu Shì |
1,714,857 | |
| 9 | Xinzhou | Xinfu District | 忻州市 Xīnzhōu Shì |
3,067,501 | |
| 10 | Yangquan | Chengqu District | 阳泉市 Yángquán Shì |
1,368,502 | |
| 11 | Yuncheng | Yanhu District | 运城市 Yùnchéng Shì |
5,134,794 | |
The 11 prefecture-level divisions of Shanxi are subdivided into 119 county-level divisions (23 districts, 11 county-level cities, and 85 counties). Those are in turn divided into 1388 township-level divisions (561 towns, 634 townships, and 193 subdistricts).
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