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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 156,800 km2
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Agriculture : apples, barley, beans,
beets, buckwheat, cotton, dates, grapes, hemp, medicinal herbs, millet, pears,
potatoes, rice, sorghum, sweet potatoes, tobacco, walnuts, wheat
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Provincial government office address :
101 Shifu Dongjie, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province 030-072
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| Capital and Largest City : Taiyuan
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Animal products : beef, dairy
products, fish, mutton, pork, poultry, silk cocoons
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Telephone : (86)(351)304-4451,
304-6061
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| English meaning of name : West of the
Mountains (i.e. the Taihang mountains)
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Foreign direct investment (1998) :
US$1.08 billion (utilized; this may be a cumulative figure)
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Website : www.shanxi.gov.cn
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| Major Nationality (2000) : Han 99.7%
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GDP (2002) : 201.8 billion yuan
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Website (English) : not available
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| Organization : 11 prefectures; 119
counties; 1386 townships
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GDP per capita : 1625 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 32,940,000
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Industry : chemicals, coal, energy,
machinery, metallurgy, textiles
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Airports : Taiyuan Wusu Airport
(TYN), Datong Airport (DAT), Changzhi Airport (CIH)
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| Population density : 210/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: http://www.china.org.cn
/english/features/54317.htm
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Highways/railroads : a complete
highway network, including several expressways, has been built, and connects
urban and industrial centers with neighboring provinces and national highways;
nine trunk railways and numerous feeder lines link Shanxi with national railway
arteries
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| Weather : hot and wet (south) to hot
and dry (north) summers; cold and dry winters
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Mineral resources : bauxite, calcium
carbide, coal, gallium, iron, pearlite, zeolite
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Major seaports : none (Shanxi is
landlocked)
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