Gansu Province Basic Information: Area: 156,000 sq. km Capital: Taiyuan Population: Approximately 30.22 million Language: Mandarin Chinese. Religion: Shanxi located in the East of Huangtu Plateau. In Shanxi, the eastern and western parts are hilly lands. And in the middle part, there are some basins. The hilly areas, plateaus and hilly lands occupy 72 percent. And the basins occupy 28 percent. The rivers here belong to two river systems, they are the Yellow River and the Hai River. The biggest tributary of the Yellow River is Fen River. It has a semi-dry continental monsoon climate in the temperate zone. The reserves of coal and bauxite are amongst the first places in China. Shanxi abounds in iron ore, there are also copper and salt. The basins here are the main agricultural region. The most important products are wheat, corn, cotton and peanut. The animal husbandry centralizes in the northwestern part. Shanxi is the base of coal industry. The produces of heavy machinery and textile are amongst the important places in the whole country. Also, there is iron and steel, electric power, chemical industry, textile and food. The communication mainly is railway. And the highway here is convenient too. The historic reserves in Shanxi are abound. The places of interest here are Jin Ancestral Hall in Taiyuan, Yungan Cave in Datong, Shuanglin Temple in Pingyao, Hanging Temple in Hunyuan, Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River, Wutai Mountain and Heng Mountain. The traditional specialties are Fen wine, Zhuyeqing wine, Qingxu vinegar and Changzhi ginseng. Shanxi province, with the abbreviation of Jin for its location to the west of Taihovng Mountain.It accounts for 1.6 per cent of the overall area of the country with more than 156,200 square kilometers at 3436 to 4044 north latitude and 11015 to 114 32 east longitude, which ranks the nineteenth in China. Shanxi neighbored upon Hebei, Henan, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia & Autonomous Region. Besides, it is located at the east of the Yellow River, so it is called as Hedong. Moreover, it belonged to Jingou in Spring and Autumn Period, so it is abbreviated in Jin. Meanwhile, Han, Zhao and Wei Shared it in the early Warring States, so it is called as Three Jin. There are five prefectures (Xinzhou, Luliang, Linfen, Jinzhong and Yuncheng) and six cities (Taiyuan,Shuozhou) under its jurisdiction as well as 16 cities in county level and 85 counties. The main cities in the province are atong, Yang quan, Chang Zhi, Hourna, Linfen and Yuci, with Taiyuan as its provincial capital. Shanxi has a population of 32.036 million that is higher than the average distribution radio in the whole country, among which Han nationality accounts for 90 per cent. In addition, there are 34 minority nationalities include Hul, Man, Mongolia, Korea. Zang, Zhuang, Yao, Tu and liygur with the population of 67 thousand and 58 villages in ethnic group. Shanxi, as one of the birth place of Chinese nationality with long history and traditional culture, has abundant resources and distinctive specialties; especially in the aspects of coal, bauxite and tourist resources. Major Attractions in Gansu Province wutai mountain

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