Shanxi Province, abbreviated as "Jin", is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China, with the capital city of Taiyuan, located in northern China, neighboring Hebei Province to the east, Shaanxi Province to the west, Henan Province to the south, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north, and lying between latitudes 34°34′-40°44′N and longitudes 110°14′-114°33′E. It has a total area of 156,700 square kilometers. °14′-114°33′, with a total area of 156,700 square kilometers. As of September 2023, there were 11 prefecture-level cities under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province.At the end of 2023, the resident population of Shanxi Province was 34,659,900 people. The topography of Shanxi Province is in the shape of a parallelogram that slopes from northeast to southwest, and it is a typical mountainous plateau covered with loess, with the topography being high in the northeast and low in the southwest. The plateau is characterized by uneven undulations and river valleys, and the landforms include mountains, hills, plateaus, basins and plateaus, with mountains and hills accounting for 80% of the landforms. Shanxi Province straddles the two major water systems of the Yellow River and the Haihe River, with rivers belonging to the self-produced outflow type of water system. Shanxi Province is located inland in the mid-latitude zone and has a temperate continental monsoon climate. Shanxi is located in the Qin-Jin cultural area, and its historical culture is represented by the "Sanjin Culture". In 2023, Shanxi Province realized a GDP of 25,698,818,000,000 Yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 138,886,000,000 Yuan, the added value of the secondary industry was 13,329,969,000,000 Yuan, and the added value of the tertiary industry was 10,979,964,000,000 Yuan.