ShanProvince: | Shanxi
Official Name: | Shānxīshěng
Status: | Province
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Population Figure: | As of the 2020 census, Shanxi's population was approximately 34.92 million.
Area: | 156, 000 square kilometer
Location: | Central China Adjacent provinces are Hebei, Inner Mongolia Shaanxi, Henan
Capital City: | Taiyuan
Sights: | Yungang caves, Buddhist caves with Buddha's figures and reliefs close to Datong The Wutaishan, one of the Buddhist holy mountains inChina
General Information: | The most important towns: Taiyuan, Datong, Changzhi, Yangquan The name of Shanxi province means "west of the mountains" 99% of Shanxi’s population are Han-Chinese. Prevailing minorities are the Hui and the Mongols. The Great Wall leads through the province. The Shanxi Opera (Jinju) is very famous in China
Links: | www.shanxi.gov.cn : Shanxi’s official website http://www.china.org.cn/english/ China Internet Information Center
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