Shanxi, referred to as "Jin" for short, is a provincial administrative region of the People's Republic of China and the capital Taiyuan. It is located in North China, bordering Hebei in the east, Shaanxi in the west, Henan in the south, Inner Mongolia in the north, between 34 ° 34 ′ - 40 ° 44 ′ north latitude and 110 ° 14 ′ - 114 ° 33 ′ east longitude, with a total area of 156700 square kilometers.