Editing Shanxi (section)

=== 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
|-
|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
|-
|5||[[Linfen]]||696,393||571,237||3,976,481
|-
|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
}}