Acting Governor: Yu Youjun
Capital: Taiyuan City
Provincial government address: 101 Shifu Dongjie, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province
Postcode: 030072
Tel: 0351-3044451 3046061
Government website: www.shanxi.gov.cn

Geographical Location

Shanxi Province is situated in the middle of the Yellow River valley, lying between latitude 34034'-40044' north and longitude 110015'-114032' east. Its location west of the Taihang Mountains gives the province its name, Shanxi, meaning "west of the mountain."