Shanxi
province of central China with its capital at Taoyuan, the supposed original home of the prehistoric Huaxia
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Summary
Shanxi is a province of China[1]. Shanxi draws 5,057 Wikipedia views per month (province of china category, ranking #19 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: People's Republic of China[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Head of government: Jin Xiangjun[5]
- Capital: Taiyuan[6]
- Shares border with: Henan[7], Shaanxi[8], Inner Mongolia[9], Hebei[10], Shijiazhuang[11], Baoding[12], Zhangjiakou[13], Anyang[14], Handan[15], Xingtai[16], Xinxiang[17], Jiaozuo[18], Jiyuan[19], Luoyang[20]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Taiyuan[21], Datong[22], Yangquan[23], Changzhi[24], Jincheng[25], Shuozhou[26], Jinzhong[27], Yuncheng[28], Xinzhou[29], Linfen[30], Lüliang[31]
- Twinned administrative body: Saitama Prefecture[32]
- Legislative body: Shanxi Provincial People's Congress[33]
- Party chief representative: Lan Fo'an[34]
- Commons category: Shanxi[35]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[36]
- Highest point: Mount Wutai[37]
- Official website: http://www.shanxi.gov.cn[38]
- Topic's main category: Category:Shanxi[39]
- Commons gallery: 山西[40]
- Population: 36,500,000[41], 34,915,616[42]
- Described by source: Svensk uppslagsbok[43], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[45], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[46], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[48]
- Replaces: Shansi[49], Chahar Province[50]
- Official name: 山西省[51]
- Category for people born here: Category:People from Shanxi[52]
- Category for people who died here: Q9678604[53]
- Native label: 山西[54]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Shanxi[55]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of Shanxi[56]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Shanxi include Shansisuchus[57], a fossil taxon[58].
Why It Matters
Shanxi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Shanxi is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for Shanxi include Shansisuchus[57], a fossil taxon[58].