Shanxi is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan,while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋",after the state of Jin that existed there during the Spring and Autumn period.
Shaanxi is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China,it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi,Henan (E),Hubei (SE),Chongqing (S),Sichuan (SW),Gansu (W),Ningxia (NW) and Inner Mongolia (N).
Taiyuan is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province,China. Taiyuan is the political,economic,cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base focusing on energy and heavy chemicals. Throughout its long history,Taiyuan was the capital or provisional capital of many dynasties in China,hence the name Lóngchéng.
Tangshan is a coastal,industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in the central area of the Bohai Rim and serves as the main traffic corridor to the Northeast. The city faces the Bohai Sea in the south,the Yan Mountains in the north,Qinhuangdao across the Luan River to the east,and Tianjin to the west.
Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of 1,040 metres (3,410 ft) and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 census,it had a population of 3,105,591 of whom 1,790,452 lived in the built-up area made of the 2 out 4 urban districts of Pingcheng and Yungang as Yunzhou and Xinrong are not conurbated yet.
Baoding,formerly known as Baozhou and Qingyuan,is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province,approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) southwest of Beijing. As of the 2010 census,Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants,of which 2,176,857 lived in the metropolitan area made of 4 out of 5 urban districts:Lianchi,Jingxiu,Qingyuan,and Mancheng all of which are largely conurbated. Baoding is among 13 Chinese cities with a population of over 10 million,ranking seventh. Zhuozhou City in the northern part has now grown into part of the Beijing metro area.
Ankang is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shaanxi Province in the People's Republic of China,bordering Hubei province to the east,Chongqing municipality to the south,and Sichuan province to the southwest.
Hengshui is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province,People's Republic of China,bordering Shandong to the southeast. At the 2010 census its population was 4,340,373 inhabitants whom 522,147 lived in the built-up area made of Taocheng urban district. It is on the Beijing–Kowloon railway.
Changzhi is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi Province,China,bordering the provinces of Hebei and Henan to the northeast and east,respectively. Historically,the city was one of the 36 administrative areas extant under the reign of the first emperor of a unified China.
Linfen is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shanxi province,China,bordering Shaanxi province to the west. It is situated along the banks of the Fen River. It has an area of 20,275 square kilometres (7,828 sq mi) and according to the 2020 Census,a population of 3,976,481 inhabitants of which 959,198 live in the built-up area made up of Yaodu urban district. The GDP of Linfen ranked second in Shanxi Province. It was known as Pingyang (平陽) during the Spring and Autumn period. In 2006,the American Blacksmith Institute listed Linfen as one of the ten most polluted cities in the world.
Shangluo is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shaanxi province,People's Republic of China,bordering Henan to the northeast and Hubei to the southeast. Part of the Shannan region of the province,it is located in the eastern part of the Qin Mountains.
Jincheng is a prefecture-level city situated in the southeast of Shanxi province,China. It shares its border with Henan province to the south and southeast. The city is recognized as an industrial hub,with coal mining being one of its key industries. The population of the entire city is estimated to be 2.2 million.
Yuncheng is the southernmost prefecture-level city in Shanxi province,People's Republic of China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east,and Henan and Shaanxi (Weinan) provinces to the east,south and west,respectively. As of the 2020 census,its population was 4,774,508 inhabitants,of whom 928,334 lived in the built-up area made of Yanhu District. One can note than Pinglu County,205,080 inhabitants in the south,is now part of Sanmenxia built-up area.
Xingtai,formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde,is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province,People's Republic of China. It has a total area of 12,486 km2 (4,821 sq mi) and administers 4 districts,2 county-level cities and 12 counties. At the 2020 census,its population was 7,111,106 inhabitants. It borders Shijiazhuang and Hengshui in the north,Handan in the south,and the provinces of Shandong and Shanxi in the east and west respectively.
Shuozhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province,China,bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is situated along the upper reaches of the Fen River. The prefecture as a whole has an area of about 10,662 km2 (4,117 sq mi) and,in 2010,a population of about 1.71 million.
Lüliang,also spelled as Lvliang or Lyuliang,is a prefecture-level city in the western Shanxi province,People's Republic of China. It borders Shaanxi province across the Yellow River to the west,Jinzhong and the provincial capital of Taiyuan to the east,Linfen to the south,and Xinzhou to the north. It has a total area of 21,143 square kilometres (8,163 sq mi) and a total population of 3,398,431 inhabitants according to the 2020 Chinese census,of whom 456,355 lived in the Lishi District metropolitan area.
Yangquan is a prefecture-level city in the east of Shanxi province,People's Republic of China,bordering Hebei province to the east. Situated at the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau and the west side of the Taihang Mountains,known as "Rippling Spring" in ancient times. Yangquan occupies a total area of 4,452 square kilometres (1,719 sq mi). According to the 2020 Census,Yangquan had a population of 1,318,505 inhabitants whom 1,037,456 lived in the built-up area made of 3 urban Districts plus Pingding County now being conurbated. Yangquan is a new industrial city of Shanxi province. It belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate zone. Yangquan City has jurisdiction over two counties and three districts.
Yuci District is a district in Jinzhong,Shanxi,China.
Xinzhou,ancient name Xiurong (秀荣),is a prefecture-level city occupying the north-central section of Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China,bordering Hebei to the east,Shaanxi to the west,and Inner Mongolia to the northwest.
Sunwu County is a county under the administration of Heihe City in the north of Heilongjiang province,China,situated on the bank of Amur River,which demarcates the Sino-Russian border. The length of border line within Sunwu county is 36 km (22 mi).
