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Shanxi
Shanxi (help·info) (Chinese: 山西; pinyin: Shānxī; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is Jin (晋 pinyin jìn), after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn...
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Taiyuan
Taiyuan (Chinese: 太原; pinyin: Tàiyuán; Wade-Giles: T'ai-yüan; lit. "Great Plains") is a prefecture-level city and the capital of Shanxi province, China. In 2004, the city had a population of 3.4 million.
Taiyuan was an ancient capital, constructed...
Area:
- 6,956 km² (2686 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Datong
Datong (Chinese: 大同; pinyin: Dàtóng; Wade-Giles: Ta-t'ung) is a city in the northern Shanxi Province in China, and is located a few hundred kilometres west by rail from Beijing with an elevation of 1090 meters. It has a population of approximately 3...
Wutai Shan
Mount Wutai (Chinese: 五台山; pinyin: Wǔtái Shān; literally "Five Plateau Mountain"), also known as Wutai Mountain or Qingliang Shan, located in Shanxi, China, is one of the Four Sacred Mountains in Chinese Buddhism. The mountain is home to many of...
Lucheng
Lucheng (潞城, pinyin: Lùchéng) is a county-level city in southern Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China. It covers an area of 615 km² and has a population of 210,000. It is a division of the prefecture-level city of Changzhi which was...
Pingyao
Pingyao (Chinese: 平遥; pinyin: Píngyáo) is a Chinese city and county in central Shanxi province, China. It lies about 715 km from Beijing and 80 km from the provincial capital, Taiyuan. During the Qing Dynasty, Pingyao was a financial center of China...
Area:
- 1,260 km² (486.5 mi² )
Huozhou
Huozhou (霍州市, Huòzhōu) is a county-level city between the cities of Lingshi and Linfen in the prefecture of Linfen 临汾市 in the province of Shanxi of the People's Republic of China. The population of Huozhou has risen to more than 100,000 inhabitants...
Yongji
Yongji (simplified Chinese: 永济; traditional Chinese: 永济; pinyin: Yǒngjì) is a county-level city in the prefecture of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.
Yongji had 48,000 inhabitants in 1990.
Changzhi
Changzhi (simplified Chinese: 长治; traditional Chinese: 長治; pinyin: Chángzhì) is a prefecture-level city in the province of Shanxi of the People's Republic of China. It lies between the city of Huozhou in Shanxi and the city of Hebi in Henan.
A...
Linfen
Linfen (simplified Chinese: 临汾; traditional Chinese: 臨汾; pinyin: Línfén) is a prefecture-level city in southern Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It is situated along the banks of the Fen River. It was known as Pingyang (平阳) during the...
Area:
- 20,275 km² (7828.2 mi² )
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Jincheng
Jincheng (Chinese: 晋城; pinyin: Jìnchéng) is a prefecture-level city in Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China. Jincheng is an industrial city in an area where coal mining is an important industry. It has a population of 2.2 million.
A...
Jinzhong
Jinzhong (Chinese: 晋中; pinyin: Jìnzhōng) is a prefecture-level city with several 100,000 inhabitants in the northern half of Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China.
Before 1999, what is now Jinzhong was Jinzhong Prefecture, with its...
Hongtong
Hongdong County (Chinese: 洪洞县; Pinyin: Hóngdòng Xiàn) is a county in Linfen, Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China.
The second ideograph in the name of Hongdong County (Chinese: 洞) is always pronounced Pinyin: Tóng, instead of Dòng by local...
Yuncheng
Yuncheng (simplified Chinese: 运城; traditional Chinese: 運城; pinyin: Yùnchéng) is the southernmost municipality in Shanxi province, China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east, and Henan and Shaanxi provinces to the...
Area:
- 14,106 km² (5446.4 mi² )
Xia County, Shanxi
Xia (Chinese: 夏县; Pinyin: Xià Xiàn) is a county in the northern province of Shanxi in the People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of Yuncheng City (运城市; pinyin: Yùnchéng Shì), in the southernmost region of Shanxi.
Jinzhong Prison
Jinzhong Prison is a prison in Jinzhong District in Shanxi province of China. It has or had 13 jail areas. It is connected to prison enterprises. It used to be known as Shanxi Provincial No. 1 Prison.
Shuozhou
Shuozhou (Chinese: 朔州; pinyin: Shuòzhōu) is a Chinese city in the north of the Chinese province Shanxi, upstream of the Fen River. As of 2004, its population is approximately 1.25 million, and the city has an area of approximately 5,737 square...
Area:
- 5,737 km² (2215 mi² )
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Lüliang
Lüliang (吕梁 ; pinyin : Lǚlíang) is a prefecture-level city in Shanxi province in China.
Lüliang has direct jurisdiction over:
Gaoping
Gaoping (高平) is a county-level city in Shanxi province, China.
GaoPing is famous for the icon and coal.
Yangquan
Yangquan (阳泉; pinyin: Yángquán) is a prefecture-level city in the Shanxi province of China. Situated to the west side of Taihang Mountain, Yangquan occupies a total area of 4,470 square kilometers and is home to a population of about 1.3 million (as...
Ruicheng County
Ruicheng County (simplified Chinese: 芮城县; traditional Chinese: 芮城縣; pinyin: Ruìchéng Xiàn) is located in the Shanxi province of China. The town of Ruicheng has the following features:
Yongle Gong (Palace of Eternal Joy), is a Taoist temple noted...
Linfen County
Linfen County is a small Chinese county in Shanxi province. Its main city is Linfen city, previously called Pingyang, population 680,000. Hukou falls on the Yellow River is in this county. Coordinates are 35º23’ to 36º37’, eastern longitude from...
Xinjiang County
Xinjiang County (Chinese: 新绛县; pinyin: Xīnjiàng Xiàn), formerly Jiangzhou (Chinese: 绛州), lies in the municipal region of Yuncheng in the province of Shanxi.
The county's area is approximately 600 km. It is bordered by Wenxi County to the east and...
Xinzhou
Xinzhou (Chinese: 忻州; Pinyin: Xīnzhōu) is a prefecture-level city of the People's Republic of China province of Shanxi.
Xinzhou has numerous public schools, including Xin Zhou Yi Zhong Xue (Xin Zhou Number One High School), which is considered the...
Area:
- 25,180 km² (9722.1 mi² )
Mount Heng
Heng Shan or Heng Mountain (Traditional: 恆山; Simplified: 恒山; Pinyin:Héng Shān) in Shanxi Province is one of the Five Sacred Mountains of Taoism. At 2,017 m, it is one of the five tallest peaks in China Proper. Heng Shan in Shanxi Province is...
Houma
Houma (Chinese: 侯马; Pinyin: Hóumǎ) is a city in the Shanxi province on the People's Republic of China, near Linfen. It is 274 km large and has a population of 102,400.
The excavated ancient bronzeware workshops of the state of Jin has been found...
Fenyang
Fenyang city (Chinese: 汾阳市; Pinyin: Fényáng Shì), formerly as Fenyang County (汾阳县) before 1996, is a county-level city under the administration of Lüliang prefecture-level city, in Shanxi Province, China.
Fenyang was the birthplace of film director...
Pingding County
Pingding County (Chinese: 平定县) is a county in Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China under the jurisdiction of the city of Yangquan.
Dai County
Dai County (Chinese: 代县; Pinyin: Dài Xiàn) is under the administrative control of Xinzhou City, Shanxi. Also known as Daizhou (代州) in ancient texts.
Pagoda of Fogong Temple
The Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple (Chinese: 佛宫寺释迦塔; pinyin: Fógōng Sì Shìjiā Tǎ) of Ying County, Shanxi province, China, is a wooden Chinese pagoda built in 1056, during the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty. The pagoda was built by Emperor Daozong of...
Fanshi County
Fanshi County (Chinese: 繁峙县; Pinyin: Fánshì Xiàn) is a county in the Xinzhou prefecture of Shanxi Province in northern China. Fanshi is located north of Mount Wutai and east of Daixian.
The primary industry of Fanshi county is gold mining.
Lishi District
Lishi District (Chinese: 离石区; Pinyin: Líshí Qū) is a district of Lüliang, Shanxi, China. The district is a major hub for the coal industry in Lüliang as well as an administrative center for the prefecture.
Lishi sports three major supermarkets to...
Xiangfen County
Xiangfen County (Chinese: 襄汾县; pinyin: Xiāngfén Xiàn) is an administrative district of the Shanxi province in China. It has an area of 1,034 km (399 sq mi) and has 500,000 inhabitants.
Area:
- 1,034 km² (399.2 mi² )
Yuci
Yuci District (simplified Chinese: 榆次区; traditional Chinese: 榆次區; pinyin: Yúcì Qū) is a district in Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.
Area:
- 1,327 km² (512.4 mi² )
