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00:01:07 1 History
00:01:16 1.1 Pre-Imperial China
00:01:51 1.2 Imperial China
00:05:25 1.3 Early Republic of China (1912-1937)
00:09:55 1.4 War with Japan and the Chinese Civil War (1937-1949)
00:16:52 1.5 People's Republic of China (1949-present)
00:17:29 2 Geography
00:19:46 2.1 Climate
00:20:47 2.2 Area
00:21:13 3 Administrative divisions
00:21:53 3.1 Urban areas
00:22:01 4 Politics
00:24:27 5 Economy
00:27:01 5.1 Industrial zones
00:27:10 5.1.1 Taiyuan Economic and Technology Development Zone
00:27:49 5.1.2 Taiyuan Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone
00:28:17 6 Transportation
00:28:35 6.1 Road
00:29:02 6.2 Rail
00:29:40 6.3 Aviation
00:30:10 7 Demographics
00:30:38 7.1 Religion
00:31:26 8 Health
00:31:46 9 Culture
00:31:54 9.1 Language
00:32:33 9.2 Cuisine
00:33:31 9.3 Music
00:34:13 9.4 Ancient commerce
00:34:57 10 Tourism
00:37:21 11 Notable individuals
00:42:26 12 Education
00:43:44 13 See also



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Shanxi (山西; alternately romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, located in 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 (pinyin: Jìn), after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn period.
The name Shanxi means West of the Mountains, a reference to the province's location west of the Taihang Mountains.. Shanxi borders Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the north. Shanxi's terrain is characterised by a plateau bounded partly by mountain ranges. Shanxi's culture is largely dominated by the ethnic Han majority, who make up over 99% of its population. Jin Chinese is considered by some linguists to be a distinct language from Mandarin, and its geographical range covers most of Shanxi. Both Jin and Mandarin are spoken in Shanxi.
Shanxi is a leading producer of coal in China, possessing roughly a fifth of China's total coal deposits. Nevertheless, Shanxi's GDP per capita remains below the national average.