Shanxi
ProvinceCN-SXData as of · Metro Power Rankings
Province of China.
AsiaCapital: TaiyuanSub-region: NorthLanguage: Mandarin
Population
34.9M
Metros tracked
5
19.1M in metros (55%)
Composite score
24.8
Sum across tracked metros
Type
Province
ISO 3166-2: CN-SX
At a glance
- Endonym
- 山西
- Area
- 156,000 km² (60,232 mi²)
- Population density
- 224/km² (580/mi²)
- Highest point
- Mount Wutai (3,061 m (10,043 ft))
- Legislature
- Shanxi Provincial People's Congress
- Human Development Index
- 0.800 (2023)
- Rank in China
- 24th of 31 by composite score
- Area rank
- 20th of 31 by area
- Largest tracked metro
- Taiyuan
Civic facts via Wikidata.
Shanxi metro footprint
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