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Shanxi (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 112 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 112.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Home of early Chinese agriculture; site of sacred mountain Wu-t'ai Shan; was part of various northern kingdoms; considered a "model province" after 1911 revolution; occupied by Japanese in Chinese-Japanese War 1937-1945 and scene of heavy guerrilla warfare. |
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| Shanxi (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Shanxi (Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin))
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| Shanxi (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Shansi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Shan-hsi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| CH24 (C,V,FIPS,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Shan-hsi Sheng (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Shansi Province (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Shanxi Sheng (C,V,O,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P)
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| Shanxi Sheng (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| 山西 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| 山西省 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| Province de Shanxi (C,U,French)
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