- Shanxi
Province - Shanxi
ProvinceUrban population: 15.1 million
Nationalities: Han, Hui, Manchu, and Mongolian.
Area: 150,000 square kilometers
Climatic features: Temperate continental monsoonal climate; long, cold winters and mild summers; warmer in the south than in the north.
Average temperature: -16 C to -2 C in January, 19 C to 28 C in July.
Annual Average Rainfall: 350 - 700 mm; high precipitation in the southeast and low in the northwest; 60 percent of the rain falls in summer.
Physical features: Located on the eastern part of the Loess Plateau, bounded by the Taihang Range in the east, the Yellow (Huanghe) River in the west and south, and the Great Wall in the north; valleys, basins, and lowlands in the central part are drained by the Fenhe River.
Mountains: Taihang Range in eastern Shanxi includes Mount Wutai and Mount Hengshan; the Luliang Mountains are the watershed of the Yellow and Fenhe Rivers.
Rivers: Fenhe River, a tributary of the Yellow River.
Products: Wheat, corn, millet, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, soybeans, rapeseed, sesameseed; cotton, ambary hemp, silk cocoons, tobacco; walnuts, dates, persimmons, pears; iron, coal.
Specialties: Jishan dates, Yuanping pears, Qingxu grapes.
Administrative divisions: 10 cities and 96 counties.
Capital: Taiyuan
Neighboring Areas: Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia.
Major Cities: Taiyuan, Datong, Changzhi, Yuci, Yangquan, Linfen, Houma, Jiexiu.
Tourist Attractions: The ancient Yungang Grottoes near Datong; the Memorial Temple of Jin near Taiyuan
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