Editing Shanxi (section)

==Administrative divisions==
{{main|List of administrative divisions of Shanxi|List of township-level divisions of Shanxi}}

Shanxi is divided into eleven [[prefecture-level division]]s: all [[Prefecture-level city|prefecture-level cities]]:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:smaller; text-align:center"
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! colspan="9" |Administrative divisions of Shanxi
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| colspan="9" style="font-size:larger" | <div style="position: relative" class="center">
{{Image label begin|image=Administrative Division Shanxi.svg|width=360|link=|font-size=85%}}
{{Image label|x=380|y=705|scale=360/840|text='''[[Taiyuan]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=630|y=200|scale=360/840|text='''[[Datong]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=610|y=670|scale=360/840|text='''[[Yangquan]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=500|y=1055|scale=360/840|text='''[[Changzhi]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=460|y=1250|scale=360/840|text='''[[Jincheng]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=450|y=320|scale=360/840|text='''[[Shuozhou]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=530|y=830|scale=360/840|text='''[[Jinzhong]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=150|y=1350|scale=360/840|text='''[[Yuncheng]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=410|y=500|scale=360/840|text='''[[Xinzhou]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=215|y=1115|scale=360/840|text='''[[Linfen]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=190|y=770|scale=360/840|text='''[[Lüliang]]'''}}
{{Image label end}}
</div>
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!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | [[Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China|Division code]]<ref>{{cite web| language=zh-hans |url=http://files2.mca.gov.cn/cws/201502/20150225163817214.html |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码 |publisher=[[Ministry of Civil Affairs]]}}</ref>
!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Division
!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Area in km<sup>2</sup><ref name="nj2013">{{cite book|language=zh-hans|author=Shenzhen Statistical Bureau|publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]]|script-title=zh:《深圳统计年鉴2014》|url=http://www.sztj.gov.cn/nj2014/indexce.htm|access-date=2015-05-29|archive-date=2015-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512184740/http://www.sztj.gov.cn/nj2014/indexce.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Population 2010<ref>{{cite book| author1=Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China| author2=Population and Employment Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China | script-title=zh:中国2010人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料|date=2012|publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |location=Beijing|isbn=978-7-5037-6660-2|edition=1}}</ref>
!! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Seat
!! scope="col" colspan="3" | Divisions<ref>{{cite book |language=zh-hans |author=Ministry of Civil Affairs |script-title=zh:《中国民政统计年鉴2014》|date=August 2014 |publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |isbn= 978-7-5037-7130-9|author-link=Ministry of Civil Affairs }}</ref>
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!! scope="col" style="width:45px;"| [[District (China)|Districts]]
!! scope="col" style="width:45px;"| [[Counties of the People's Republic of China|Counties]]
!! scope="col" style="width:45px;"| [[County-level city|CL cities]]
|- style="font-weight: bold"
! 140000 !! Shanxi Province
| 156,000.00 || 35,712,111 || [[Taiyuan]] city || 26 || 80 || 11
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! 140100 !! [[Taiyuan]] city
| 6,909.96 || 4,201,591 || [[Xinghualing District]] || 6 || 3 || 1
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! 140200 !! [[Datong]] city
| 14,102.01 || 3,318,057 || [[Pingcheng District]] || 4 || 6 || style="background:gray;"| 
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! 140300 !! [[Yangquan]] city
| 4,569.91 || 1,368,502 || [[Chengqu, Yangquan|Cheng District]] || 3 || 2 || style="background:gray;"| 
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! 140400 !! [[Changzhi]] city
| 13,957.84 || 3,334,564 || [[Luzhou District, Changzhi|Luzhou District]] || 4 || 8 || style="background:gray;"| 
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! 140500 !! [[Jincheng]] city
| 9,420.43 || 2,279,151 || [[Chengqu, Jincheng|Cheng District]] || 1 || 4 || 1
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! 140600 !! [[Shuozhou]] city
| 10,624.35 || 1,714,857 || [[Shuocheng District]] || 2 || 3 || 1
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! 140700 !! [[Jinzhong]] city
| 16,386.34 || 3,249,425 || [[Yuci District]] || 2 || 8 || 1
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! 140800 !! [[Yuncheng]] city
| 14,106.66 || 5,134,794 || [[Yanhu District]] || 1 || 10 || 2
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! 140900 !! [[Xinzhou]] city
| 25,150.69 || 3,067,501 || [[Xinfu District, Xinzhou|Xinfu District]] || 1 || 12 || 1
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! 141000 !! [[Linfen]] city
| 20,589.11 || 4,316,612 || [[Yaodu District]] || 1 || 14 || 2
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! 141100 !! [[Lvliang]] city
| 21,143.71 || 3,727,057 || [[Lishi District]] || 1 || 10 || 2
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-font:90%; width:auto; text-align:center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"
! colspan="5" |Administrative divisions in Chinese and varieties of romanizations
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! English !! Chinese !! Pinyin !! Jin Romanization
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| '''Shanxi Province''' || {{lang|zh|山西省}} || '''{{transliteration|zh|Shānxī Shěng}}''' || '''sä̃1 śi1 sǝŋ2'''
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| [[Taiyuan]] city || {{lang|zh|太原市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Tàiyuán Shì}} || thai3 yɛ1 si3
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| [[Datong]] city || {{lang|zh|大同市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Dàtóng Shì}} || ta3 thuŋ1 si3
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| [[Yangquan]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|阳泉市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Yángquán Shì}} || iã1 ćhyɛ1 si3
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| [[Changzhi]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|长治市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Chángzhì Shì}} || cã2 ci3 si3
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| [[Jincheng]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|晋城市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Jìnchéng Shì}} || tieŋ4 chǝŋ1 si3
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| [[Shuozhou]] city || {{lang|zh|朔州市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Shuòzhōu Shì}} || ? cou1 si3
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| [[Jinzhong]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|晋中市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Jìnzhōng Shì}} || tieŋ4 cuŋ1 si3
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| [[Yuncheng]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|运城市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Yùnchéng Shì}} || yŋ3 chǝŋ1 si3
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| [[Xinzhou]] city || {{lang|zh|忻州市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Xīnzhōu Shì}} || ? cou1 si3
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| [[Linfen]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|临汾市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Línfén Shì}} || ? ? si3
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| [[Lüliang]] city || {{lang|zh-hans|吕梁市}} || {{transliteration|zh|Lǚliáng Shì}} || ly2 ? si3
|}

The 11 prefecture-level cities of Shanxi are subdivided into 118 [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#County level|county-level divisions]] (23 [[District of China|district]]s, 11 [[county-level cities]], and 84 [[Counties of the People's Republic of China|counties]]). Those are in turn divided into 1388 [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level|township-level divisions]] (561 [[Town (China)|town]]s, 634 [[Townships of the People's Republic of China|township]]s, and 193 [[Subdistricts of China|subdistrict]]s). At the end of 2017, the total population of Shanxi is 37.02 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2018/indexch.htm |script-title=zh:中国统计年鉴—2018 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China |date=2018}}</ref>

=== Urban areas ===
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size:90%;"
! colspan=5 | Population by urban areas of prefecture & county cities
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! # !! Cities !! style="background-color: #aaaaff;"| 2020 Urban area<ref name="2020PRCcensus">{{cite book |author=国务院人口普查办公室、国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司编 |date=2022 |script-title=zh:中国2020年人口普查分县资料 |location=Beijing |publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |isbn=978-7-5037-9772-9}}</ref> !! style="background-color: #aaaaff;"| 2010 Urban area<ref name="2010PRCcensus">{{cite book |author=国务院人口普查办公室、国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司编 |date=2012 |script-title=zh:中国2010年人口普查分县资料 |location=Beijing |publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |isbn=978-7-5037-6659-6}}</ref> !! style="background-color: #ffaaaa;" | 2020 City proper
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|1||'''[[Taiyuan]]'''||4,071,075||3,154,157||5,304,061
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|2||[[Datong]]||1,792,696||1,362,314{{efn|name=Datong|New district established after 2010 census: [[Yunzhou District|Yunzhou (Datong County)]]. The new district not included in the urban area count of the pre-expanded city.}}||3,105,591
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|3||[[Changzhi]]||1,168,042||653,125{{efn|name=Changzhi|New districts established after 2010 census: [[Lucheng District, Changzhi|Lucheng (Lucheng CLC)]], [[Shangdang District|Shangdang (Changzhi County)]], [[Tunliu District|Tunliu (Tunliu County)]]. These new districts not included in the urban area count of the pre-expanded city.}}||3,180,884
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|4||[[Jinzhong]]||900,569||444,002{{efn|name=Jinzhong|New district established after 2010 census: [[Taigu District|Taigu (Taigu County)]]. The new district not included in the urban area count of the pre-expanded city.}}||3,379,498
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|5||[[Linfen]]||696,393||571,237||3,976,481
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|6||[[Yuncheng]]||692,003||432,554||4,774,508
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|7||[[Yangquan]]||647,272||623,671||1,318,505
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|8||[[Jincheng]]||574,665||476,945||2,194,545
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|9||[[Shuozhou]]||420,829||381,566||1,593,444
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|10||[[Xinzhou]]||384,424||279,875||2,689,668
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|11||[[Xiaoyi]]||337,489||268,253||{{small|''see Lüliang''}}
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|12||[[Lüliang]]||335,285||250,080||3,398,431
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|13||[[Jiexiu]]||291,393||232,269||{{small|''see Jinzhong''}}
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|14||[[Huairen]]||247,612||bgcolor="lightgrey"|{{efn|name=Huairen|Huairen County is currently known as Huairen CLC after 2010 census.}}||{{small|''see Shuozhou''}}
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|15||[[Gaoping]]||243,544||213,460||{{small|''see Jincheng''}}
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|16||[[Yuanping City|Yuanping]]||227,046||202,562||{{small|''see Xinzhou''}}
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|17||[[Hejin]]||225,809||175,824||{{small|''see Yuncheng''}}
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|18||[[Fenyang]]||207,473||149,222||{{small|''see Lüliang''}}
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|19||[[Huozhou]]||183,575||156,853||{{small|''see Linfen''}}
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|20||[[Yongji, Shanxi|Yongji]]||182,248||179,028||{{small|''see Yuncheng''}}
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|21||[[Houma, Shanxi|Houma]]||175,373||137,020||{{small|''see Linfen''}}
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|22||[[Gujiao]]||159,593||146,161||{{small|''see Taiyuan''}}
|- bgcolor="lightgrey"
|—||[[Lucheng District, Changzhi|Lucheng]]||{{small|''see Changzhi''}}||106,077{{efn|name=Changzhi}}||{{small|''see Changzhi''}}
|}
{{notelist}}
{{Largest cities
|largest = Most populous
|country = Shanxi
|kind = cities
|stat_ref = Source: ''China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018'' Urban Population and Urban Temporary Population<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development]] of the People's Republic of China(MOHURD) |url=http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02020032722244243052500000.xls |date=2019 |title=中国城市建设统计年鉴2018 |trans-title=China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018 |language=zh |location=Beijing |publisher=China Statistic Publishing House |archive-date=2021-08-10 |access-date=2021-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810115223/http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02020032722244243052500000.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|list_by_pop =

|city_1 = Taiyuan
|pop_1 = 3,979,700
|img_1 = 太原市中心.jpg

|city_2 = Datong
|pop_2 = 1,272,800
|img_2 = Cityview Datong Shanxi.jpg

|city_3 = Changzhi
|pop_3 = 754,800
|img_3 = 长治街景 - panoramio.jpg

|city_4 = Yangquan
|pop_4 = 638,800
|img_4 = 阳泉市中心.JPG

|city_5 = Linfen
|pop_5 = 617,000

|city_6 = Yuncheng
|pop_6 = 570,000

|city_7 = Jinzhong
|pop_7 = 562,800

|city_8 = Jincheng
|pop_8 = 498,000

|city_9 = Shuozhou
|pop_9 = 434,100

|city_10 = Xinzhou
|pop_10 = 310,000

|city_11 = Xiaoyi
|pop_11 = 295,900

|city_12 = Lüliang
|pop_12 = 279,000

|city_13 = Jiexiu
|pop_13 = 222,300

|city_14 = Hejin
|pop_14 = 220,000

|city_15 = Yuanping
|pop_15 = 188,600

|city_16 = Yongji, Shanxi{{!}}Yongji
|pop_16 = 171,000

|city_17 = Gujiao
|pop_17 = 163,000

|city_18 = Houma, Shanxi{{!}}Houma
|pop_18 = 159,800

|city_19 = Huozhou
|pop_19 = 150,100

|city_20 = Gaoping
|pop_20 = 132,000
}}