Shanxi Province

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province of China

Shanxi Province is a landlocked region in northern China known for its rich coal resources, well-preserved ancient architecture, and significant historical and cultural heritage.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shanxi	6

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of China ⓘ
abbreviation	Jin ⓘ
borders	Hebei ⓘ surface form: Hebei Province Henan Province ⓘ Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ Shaanxi Province ⓘ
capital	Taiyuan ⓘ
climateType	continental monsoon climate ⓘ
contains	Hanging Temple of Hengshan ⓘ Jinci Temple ⓘ Mount Wutai ⓘ Pingyao Ancient City ⓘ Qiao Family Compound ⓘ Wang Family Compound ⓘ Yungang Grottoes ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
governingBody	People's Government of Shanxi Province ⓘ
hasDialectGroup	Jin Chinese ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Changzhi ⓘ Datong ⓘ Jincheng ⓘ Jinzhong ⓘ Linfen ⓘ Lüliang ⓘ Shuozhou ⓘ Taiyuan ⓘ Xinzhou ⓘ Yangquan ⓘ Yuncheng ⓘ
hasNickname	coal province of China ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Pingyao Ancient City ⓘ surface form: Ancient City of Pingyao Mount Wutai ⓘ Yungang Grottoes ⓘ
historicalRegionOf	Jin State ⓘ
isLandlocked	true ⓘ
knownFor	heavy industry ⓘ historical and cultural heritage ⓘ rich coal resources ⓘ well-preserved ancient architecture ⓘ
locatedIn	North China ⓘ surface form: northern China
locatedOn	Loess Plateau (eastern part) ⓘ surface form: Loess Plateau
majorIndustry	coal mining ⓘ coke production ⓘ electric power generation ⓘ metallurgy ⓘ
partyCommittee	CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
timeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
traversedByRiver	Fen River NERFINISHED ⓘ Yellow River ⓘ
utcOffset	+8 ⓘ