Jinzhong
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| Jinzhong | |
| — Prefecture-level city — | |
| 晋中 | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| - Simplified | 晋中 |
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| - Traditional | |
| - Pinyin | Jìnzhōng |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Jinzhong (Chinese: 晋中; pinyin: Jìnzhōng) is a prefecture-level city with several 100,000 inhabitants in the northern half of Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China.
Before 1999, what is now Jinzhong was Jinzhong Prefecture, with its capital at the county-level city of Yuci (榆次; pinyin: Yúcì; WG: Yu-tz'u). In 1999, Jinzhong Prefecture became Jinzhong Prefecture-level City, and Yuci County-level City became Yuci District (a county-level district).
Jinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:
- Yuci District (capital)
- Jiexiu County-level City
- Yushe County
- Zuoquan County
- Heshun County
- Xiyang County
- Shouchang County
- Taigu County
- Qi County
- Pingyao County
- Lingshi County - location of the Nanshan Colliery disaster.
Jinzhong is assigned 晋K licence plate. For the Jinzhong catholic bishopric, the first bishop after a vacancy of 40 years was consecrated in 1999.
[edit] Culture
The prefecture-level city houses several Shanxi Courtyard Houses, businessmen's residences lauded as outstanding civilian residences.
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