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Shanxi, named after living in the west of Taihang Mountain, is referred to as "Jin", also known as "Sanjin", and is the capital of Taiyuan City. "Taihang Mountain in the east, Luliang Mountain in the west, the Yellow River in the south and the ancient Great Wall in the north, bounded by Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other provinces" Liu Zongyuan called it "exterior landscape".

Shanxi is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation, with a recorded history of 3000 years. It is known as "the cradle of Chinese civilization" and "China Museum of Ancient Culture". Total area 156700 square kilometers, with Taihang Mountain in the east and Luliang Mountain in the west. The mountainous area accounts for more than 80% of the total area of the province.

The outline of Shanxi administrative region is a parallelogram inclined from northeast to southwest. It has jurisdiction over 1 1 prefecture-level cities,19 county-level administrative units (23 municipal districts,1/county-level cities, 85 counties) with a total population of 36108,000. The geographical coordinates of the jurisdiction are 34 34' ~ 40 44' north latitude and114' ~114 33' east longitude.