Shanxi Province (Yellow River, mountains, ancient cities and /Province? areas). The name Shanxi means "mountain's west", which refers to the
province´s location west of the Taihang Mountains. Shanxi borders Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the north and is made up mainly of a plateau bounded partly by mountain ranges. The capital of the province is Taiyuan.