Overview
Updated: 2023-01-29
Population: 34.80 million (2021)
Location: North China
Area: 156,700 square kilometers
Administrative divisions:
Shanxi province governs 11 prefecture-level cities. Taiyuan, the capital city, sits in the middle of the province and the remaining 10 cities from North to South are: Datong, Shuozhou, Xinzhou, Yangquan, Lyuliang, Jinzhong, Changzhi, Jincheng, Linfen, and Yuncheng. The 11 prefecture-level cities are sub-divided into 117 county-level divisions (26 districts, 11 county-level cities, and 80 counties).
International relations:
| Intl Sister Cities/Regions | Date Signed | Intl Sister Cities/Regions | Date Signed |
| Ōmuta, Japan | Oct 16, 1981 | Saitama Prefecture, Japan | October 1982 |
| Newcastle, UK | April 15, 1985 | Idaho, USA | Oct 28, 1985 |
| Tennessee, USA | Dec 24, 1986 | Derbyshire, UK | April 4, 1987 |
| Himeji, Japan | May 19, 1987 | Chesterfield, UK | Sept 24, 1987 |
| Chichibu, Japan | Oct 7, 1988 | City of Reading, USA | July 27, 1992 |
| Abruzzo, Italy | Sept 16, 1992 | Canelones, Uruguay | Nov 12, 1992 |
| Marl, Germany | Oct 4, 1993 | Briey, France | June 22, 1994 |
| Mount Vernon, USA | Sept 16, 1995 | Lanciano, Italy | Sept 20, 1995 |
| Launceston, Australia | Nov 28, 1995 | Saratov, Russia | Dec 8, 1995 |
| Chemnitz, Germany | May 17, 1999 | Douala, Cameroon | Oct 12, 1999 |
| Mureș County, Romania | July 23, 2000 | Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia | July 2001 |
| Bury, UK | Aug 6, 2003 | Provins, France | Sept 15, 2005 |
| Upper Hutt, New Zealand | Nov 5, 2005 | Nashville, USA | April 18, 2007 |
| Szolnok, Hungary | Nov 25, 2007 | Vals, Australia | July 15, 2008 |
| Cacadu, South Africa | Aug 10, 2008 | City of Rome, USA | Nov 7, 2008 |
| Solnock, Hungary | Sept 10, 2009 | Hoi An, Vietnam | Sept 8, 2010 |
| Luang Prabang, Laos | Feb 5, 2012 | Saint-Denis, France | Mar 2, 2012 |
| Pomona, USA | June 17, 2012 | Donetsk, Ukraine | Aug 25, 2012 |
| Marmande, France | Sept 16, 2012 | Gwangju, Korea | Dec 17, 2014 |
| West Virginia, USA | June 2015 | Geraldton, Australia | Oct 8, 2015 |
| Jeollanam-do, South Korea | November, 2017 | Moravia Silesia Region, Czech Republic | April 9, 2018 |
| Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan | April 13, 2018 | Mombasa, Kenya | Nov 14, 2018 |
| Dundgovi Province, Mongolia | Nov 14, 2018 | Lori Province, The Republic of Armenia | April 25, 2019 |
