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Welcome to Shanxi!
山西省
Geography
Shanxi Province, also known as
"Jin", is located in north China, west
of the Taihang Mountains and east
of the Yellow River. Covering a total
area of 156,700 square kilometers,
Shanxi accounts for 1.63% of China's
land area. It consists of 11 prefectural
cities, 25 municipal districts, 11
county-level cities, 81 counties. The
total population is 37.1834 million by
the end of 2018.
Culture
Shanxi is located in the middle of Transportation
the Yellow River region. As one of
the birthplaces of the Chinese nation At the end of 2018, the highway mileage of Shanxi is
and with a recorded history of 3000 143,000 km, of which 5604.8 km are expressways. There
years, it's reputed as "the cradle of are 227 civil aviation routes. Shanxi is an important
Chinese Civilization". Shanxi hosts traffic hub in northern China, being the junction of
452 national cultural relic sites, multiple key railway lines. An expressway network
ranking first across China. The has been established consisting three vertical and
saying "My ancestors originated from eleven horizontal expressways and eleven high-speed
the Grand Scholar Tree in Hongtong loops. 108 counties (cities, districts) have expressways.
of Shanxi" is widely known among Transport between prefectural cities are reduced to
Chinese at home and abroad. Shanxi within two hours. It takes less than three hours from
merchants are highly regarded by Taiyuan to Beijing by high-speed rail.
economic historians and often on a
par with the Italian merchants.
23 AmCham South China
Welcome to Shanxi!
山西省
Geography
Shanxi Province, also known as
"Jin", is located in north China, west
of the Taihang Mountains and east
of the Yellow River. Covering a total
area of 156,700 square kilometers,
Shanxi accounts for 1.63% of China's
land area. It consists of 11 prefectural
cities, 25 municipal districts, 11
county-level cities, 81 counties. The
total population is 37.1834 million by
the end of 2018.
Culture
Shanxi is located in the middle of Transportation
the Yellow River region. As one of
the birthplaces of the Chinese nation At the end of 2018, the highway mileage of Shanxi is
and with a recorded history of 3000 143,000 km, of which 5604.8 km are expressways. There
years, it's reputed as "the cradle of are 227 civil aviation routes. Shanxi is an important
Chinese Civilization". Shanxi hosts traffic hub in northern China, being the junction of
452 national cultural relic sites, multiple key railway lines. An expressway network
ranking first across China. The has been established consisting three vertical and
saying "My ancestors originated from eleven horizontal expressways and eleven high-speed
the Grand Scholar Tree in Hongtong loops. 108 counties (cities, districts) have expressways.
of Shanxi" is widely known among Transport between prefectural cities are reduced to
Chinese at home and abroad. Shanxi within two hours. It takes less than three hours from
merchants are highly regarded by Taiyuan to Beijing by high-speed rail.
economic historians and often on a
par with the Italian merchants.
23 AmCham South China
