1) Province in north west china 
Province of north China, bounded to the north by Inner Mongolia, to the east by Hebei, to the south by Henan, and to the west by Shaanxi; area 157,100 sq km/60,700 sq mi; population (2000 est) 32,970,000. The capital is Taiyuan. There are coal, iron and steel, heavy machinery, mining equi...