Shanxi

No tae be ramfeeselt wi the neehbourin province o Shaanxi.

Shanxi  (Cheenese: 山西; pinyin: Shānxī; Wade–Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, locatit in the North Cheenae region. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" (pinyin: Jìn), efter the state o Jin that existit here durin the Ware an Hairst Period.

Shanxi Province 山西省
Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	山西省 (Shānxī Shěng)
• Abbreviation	simplifeed Cheenese: 晋; traditeeonal Cheenese: 晉 (pinyin: Jìn)
Map shawin the location o Shanxi Province
Named for	山 shān - mountain 西 xī - west "wast o the Taihang Muntains"
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Taiyuan
Divisions	11 prefecturs, 119 coonties, 1388 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Yuan Chunqing
• Govrenor	Wang Jun
Area
• Total	156800 km2 (60,500 sq mi)
Area rank	19t
Population  (2010)
• Total	35,712,111
• Rank	18t
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
• Density rank	19t
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han - 99.7% Hui - 0.2%
ISO 3166 code	CN-14
GDP (2011)	CNY 1110.0 billion US$ 176.2 billion (21st)
• per capita	CNY 26,283 US$ 3,883 (17t)
HDI (2008)	0.800 (high) (14t)
Website	www.shanxigov.cn (Chinese)

The name Shanxi literally means "muntain's wast", which refers tae the province's location wast o the Taihang Muntains.^[1] Shanxi borders Hebei tae the east, Henan tae the sooth, Shaanxi tae the wast, an Inner Mongolie tae the north an is made up mainly o a plateau bundit pairtly bi muntain ranges. The caipital o the province is Taiyuan.