Shanxi has jurisdiction over 1 1 major cities. It is divided into 1 19 county-level administrative regions, of which 1 1 county-level cities, 84 counties and 24 municipal districts. This time, it mainly counts the largest county or county-level city in Shanxi, and compares it with 1 1 major cities in terms of area. Jincheng is the third smallest city with an area of about 9490 square kilometers.
Taiyuan is the second smallest city with an area of about 6988 square kilometers. Yangquan is the smallest city with an area of about 445 1 km2. Xingxian is the largest county in Shanxi, covering an area of about 3 168 square kilometers. In other words, Xingxian County is larger than 0.3 Jincheng, close to 1 Yangquan, which is equivalent to half of Taiyuan.
Since Xingxian is a county-level administrative region, most people from other provinces have never heard of it. Xingxian County belongs to Lvliang City. Located in the northwest of Shanxi Province, at the northern end of Lvliang City, it is adjacent to Lanxian and Kelan in the east, Linxian and Fangshan in the south, Baode in the north and Shenmu County in Shaanxi Province across the Yellow River in the west. It is the largest county in Shanxi Province.
Xingxian County is rich in mineral resources, with 23 proven minerals including coal, bauxite, iron ore, silicon, coalbed methane and graphite. Xingxian County has a splendid culture, including Liu Ang, Liu Hai, Sun Jiagan, Kang Jitian, Zhang Wang and other celebrities. Xingxian is an old revolutionary base area and a poor mountainous area. 2/kloc-0 was listed as the first of 35 poverty-stricken counties in Shanxi at the beginning of the century.
Xingxian County has a long history, with Yanmen County in Qin and Fenyang County in Western Han Dynasty, belonging to Taiyuan County. Fenyang was abolished in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms belonged to Hu Qiang in the Western Jin Dynasty. Sixteen countries belong to Qianzhao, Houzhao, Qianyan, Qianqin and Houyan. The Northern and Southern Dynasties belonged to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Wei Fen County was established in the Northern Qi Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty changed to Linquan County, and the Tang Dynasty changed to Linjin County.
In the Song Dynasty, it moved to the north of Wei Fenshui to set up a city, which is now the seat of the county seat. Jinshi changed to Xingzhou, belonging to Hedong North Road. Yuan is still named Xingzhou, which belongs to Jining Road. In the Ming Dynasty, it was called Xing County and transferred to Taiyuan. In the Qing dynasty, it was transferred to Baoding, Texas, and it was returned to Taiyuan in eight years. The Republic of China was directly under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, and Xingxian District was established in 1949, 197 1 under the Lvliang Commissioner's Office.