Shanxi, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of prefecture-level divisions, which are divided into county-level divisions, which are then divided into township-level divisions.
Administrative divisions
These administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China. The following table lists only the prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Shanxi.
{| class="wikitable" style="padding: 24em 0; font-size: 90%;"
!rowspan="2"|Prefecture level!!colspan="5"|County Level
|-
!Name!!Chinese!!Hanyu Pinyin!!colspan="2"|Division code
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="10"|Taiyuan city <br /><br> <br /> (Capital)<br />(1401 / TYN)
|Xiaodian District || || || 140105 || XDQ
|-
|Yingze District || || || 140106 || YZT
|-
|Xinghualing District || || || 140107 || XHL
|-
|Jiancaoping District || || || 140108 || JCP
|-
|Wanbailin District || || || 140109 || WBL
|-
|Jinyuan District || || || 140110 || JYM
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Qingxu County || || || 140121 || QXU
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Yangqu County || || || 140122 || YGQ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Loufan County || || || 140123 || LFA
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Gujiao city || || || 140181 || GUJ
|-
|- style = "background:#606060; height: 2pt"
| colspan = "6" |
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="10"|Datong city <br /><br><br />(1402 / DTG)
|Pingcheng District || || || 140202 || XRQ
|-
|Yungang District || || || 140211 ||
|-
|Xinrong District || || || 140212 ||
|-
|Yunzhou District || || || 140213 ||
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Yanggao County || || || 140221 || YGO
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Tianzhen County || || || 140222 || TZE
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Guangling County || || || 140223 || GLJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Lingqiu County || || || 140224 || LQX
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Hunyuan County || || || 140225 || HYM
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Zuoyun County || || || 140226 || ZUY
|-
|- style = "background:#606060; height: 2pt"
| colspan = "6" |
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="5"|Yangquan city <br /><br><br />(1403 / YQS)
|Chengqu District || || || 140302 || CQU
|-
|Kuangqu District || || || 140303 || KQY
|-
|Jiaoqu District || || || 140311 || JQY
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Pingding County || || || 140321 || PDG
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Yuxian County || || || 140322 || YUX
|-
|- style = "background:#606060; height: 2pt"
| colspan = "6" |
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="12"|Changzhi city <br /><br><br />(1404 / CZS)
|Luzhou District || || || 140411 ||
|-
|Lucheng District || || || 140412 ||
|-
|Shangdang District || || || 140413 ||
|-
|Tunliu District || || || 140414 ||
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Xiangyuan County || || || 140423 || XYJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Pingshun County || || || 140425 || PSX
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Licheng County || || || 140426 || LIC
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Huguan County || || || 140427 || HGN
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Zhangzi County || || || 140428 || ZHZ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Wuxiang County || || || 140429 || WXG
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Qinxian County || || || 140430 || QIN
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Qinyuan County || || || 140431 || QYU
|-
|- style = "background:#606060; height: 2pt"
| colspan = "6" |
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="6"|Jincheng city <br /><br><br />(1405 / JCG)
|Chengqu District || || || 140502 || CQJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Qinshui County || || || 140521 || QSI
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Yangcheng County || || || 140522 || YGC
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Lingchuan County || || || 140524 || LGC
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Zezhou County || || || 140525 || ZEZ
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Gaoping city || || || 140581 || GPG
|-
|- style = "background:#606060; height: 2pt"
| colspan = "6" |
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="6"|Shuozhou city <br /><br><br />(1406 / SZJ)
|Shuocheng District || || || 140602 || SCH
|-
|Pinglu District || || || 140603 || PLU
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Shanyin County || || || 140621 || SYP
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Yingxian County || || || 140622 || YIG
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Youyu County || || || 140623 || YOY
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Huairen city || || || 140681 ||
|-
|- style = "background:#606060; height: 2pt"
| colspan = "6" |
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="11"|Jinzhong city <br /><br><br />(1407 / JZN)
|Yuci District || || || 140702 || YCI
|-
|Taigu District || || || 140703 ||
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Yushe County || || || 140721 || YSJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Zuoquan County || || || 140722 || ZQX
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Heshun County || || || 140723 || HSJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Xiyang County || || || 140724 || XIY
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Shouyang County || || || 140725 || SYJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Qixian County || || || 140727 || QIJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Pingyao County || || || 140728 || PGY
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Lingshi County || || || 140729 || LSF
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Jiexiu city || || || 140781 || JXS
|-
|- style = "background:#606060; height: 2pt"
| colspan = "6" |
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="13"|Yuncheng city <br /><br><br />(1408 / YCE)
|Yanhu District || || || 140802 || YAH
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Linyi County || || || 140821 || LYJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Wanrong County || || || 140822 || WRG
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Wenxi County || || || 140823 || WNX
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Jishan County || || || 140824 || JSJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Xinjiang County || || || 140825 || XNJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Jiangxian County || || || 140826 || JXC
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Yuanqu County || || || 140827 || YQU
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Xiaxian County || || || 140828 || XIA
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Pinglu County || || || 140829 || PGL
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Ruicheng County || || || 140830 || RIC
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Yongji city || || || 140881 || YJJ
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Hejin city || || || 140882 || HJS
|-
|- style = "background:#606060; height: 2pt"
| colspan = "6" |
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="14"|Xinzhou city <br /><br><br />(1409 / XZS)
|Xinfu District || || || 140902 || XNU
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Dingxiang County || || || 140921 || DXJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Wutai County || || || 140922 || WTA
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Daixian County || || || 140923 || DAI
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Fanshi County || || || 140924 || FSI
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Ningwu County || || || 140925 || NWU
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Jingle County || || || 140926 || JGL
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Shenchi County || || || 140927 || SCI
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Wuzhai County || || || 140928 || WZH
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Kelan County || || || 140929 || KLN
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Hequ County || || || 140930 || HQU
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Baode County || || || 140931 || BDE
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Pianguan County || || || 140932 || PGN
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Yuanping city || || || 140981 || YUP
|-
|- style = "background:#606060; height: 2pt"
| colspan = "6" |
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="17"|Linfen city <br /><br><br />(1410 / LFN)
|Yaodu District || || || 141002 || YDJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Quwo County || || || 141021 || QWO
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Yicheng County || || || 141022 || YCB
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Xiangfen County || || || 141023 || XFJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Hongtong County || || || 141024 || HTO
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Guxian County || || || 141025 || GUX
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Anze County || || || 141026 || AZE
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Fushan County || || || 141027 || FSJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Jixian County || || || 141028 || JIJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Xiangning County || || || 141029 || XGN
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Daning County || || || 141030 || DNG
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Xixian County || || || 141031 || XIJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Yonghe County || || || 141032 || YGH
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Puxian County || || || 141033 || PUX
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Fenxi County || || || 141034 || FEX
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Houma city || || || 141081 || HMA
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Huozhou city || || || 141082 || HOZ
|-
|- style = "background:#606060; height: 2pt"
| colspan = "6" |
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="13"|Lüliang city <br /><br><br />(1411 / LLH)
|Lishi District || || || 141102 || LSW
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Wenshui County || || || 141121 || WSJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Jiaocheng County || || || 141122 || JCJ
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Xingxian County || || || 141123 || XGX
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Linxian County || || || 141124 || LXN
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Liulin County || || || 141125 || LUL
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Shilou County || || || 141126 || SLO
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Lanxian County || || || 141127 || LAN
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Fangshan County || || || 141128 || FGS
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Zhongyang County || || || 141129 || ZHY
|-bgcolor="#E6E6FA"
|Jiaokou County || || || 141130 || JKO
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Xiaoyi city || || || 141181 || XOY
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|Fenyang city || || || 141182 || FYJ
|}
Recent changes in administrative divisions
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" align="center"
! Date !! Before !! After !! Note !! Reference
|-
| 1970-01-11 || Jiao District, Yangquan || Kuang District, Yangquan || established ||
|-
|rowspan="24"| 1970-03-21 ||bgcolor="lightyellow" rowspan="2"| Jinnan Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Linfen Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| renamed ||rowspan="14"|
|-
| Yuncheng Prefecture || established
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Yuncheng County || ↳ Yuncheng County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Hejin County || ↳ Hejin County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Jishan County || ↳ Jishan County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Xinjiang County || ↳ Xinjiang County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Wenxi County || ↳ Wenxi County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Xia County || ↳ Xia County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Yongji County || ↳ Yongji County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Ruicheng County || ↳ Ruicheng County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Yuanqu County || ↳ Yuanqu County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Jiang County || ↳ Jiang County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Wanrong County || ↳ Wanrong County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Linyi County || ↳ Linyi County || transferred
|-
|bgcolor="lightyellow" rowspan="2"| Datong (P-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Yanbei Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| merged into ||rowspan="5"|
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Datong (PC-City) || established
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Cheng District, Datong || ◎ Cheng District, Datong || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Jiao District, Datong || ◎ Jiao District, Datong || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Kouquan District || ◎ Kouquan District || transferred
|-
|bgcolor="lightyellow" rowspan="2"| Yangquan (P-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Jinzhong Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| merged into ||rowspan="5"|
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Yangquan (PC-City) || established
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Cheng District, Yangquan || ◎ Cheng District, Yangquan || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Jiao District, Yangquan || ◎ Jiao District, Yangquan || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Kuang District, Yangquan || ◎ Kuang District, Yangquan || transferred
|-
| 1970-09-14 || Kouquan District || Kuang District || renamed ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1970-11-09 ||rowspan="2"| Jiao District, Datong || Nanjiao District || disestablished & established ||rowspan="2"|
|-
| Beijiao District || disestablished & established
|-
|rowspan="15"| 1971-04-06 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Jinzhong Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Lüliang Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| established ||rowspan="15"|
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
|rowspan="2"| ↳ Lishi County || ↳ Lishi County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Fangshan County || transferred & established
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Fenyang County || ↳ Fenyang County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Xiaoyi County || ↳ Xiaoyi County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Zhongyang County || ↳ Zhongyang County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Jiaocheng County || ↳ Jiaocheng County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Lin County || ↳ Lin County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Changli County || ↳ Changli County || transferred
|-
|bgcolor="lightyellow"| Xinxian Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Lüliang Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| established
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Xing County || ↳ Xing County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Lan County || ↳ Lan County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Jingle County || ↳ Loufan County || transferred
|-
|bgcolor="lightyellow"| Linfen Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Lüliang Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| established
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Shilou County || ↳ Shilou County || transferred
|-
|rowspan="5"| 1971-06-05 || Yuci County || Yuci (PC-City) || established ||
|-
| Houma County || Houma (PC-City) || established ||
|-
| Linfen County || Linfen (PC-City) || established ||
|-
| Anze County ||rowspan="2"| Gu County || established ||
|-
| Fushan County || established ||
|-
| 1971-07-05 || Beijiao District || Xinrong District || renamed ||
|-
| 1971-10-05 || Lishi County || Liulin County || established ||
|-
| 1971-10-06 || Gu County || Yueyang County || renamed ||
|-
| 1971-12-05 || Yueyang County || Gu County || renamed ||
|-
|rowspan="11"| 1972-03-09 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Yanbei Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow" rowspan="2"| Datong (P-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| established ||rowspan="6"|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"| ↳ Datong (PC-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| disestablished
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ◎ Cheng District, Datong || ↳ Cheng District, Datong || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ◎ Nanjiao District || ↳ Nanjiao District || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ◎ Xinrong District || ↳ Xinrong County || transferred & reorganized
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ◎ Kuang District, Datong || ↳ Kuang District, Datong || transferred
|-
|bgcolor="lightyellow"| Jinzhong Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow" rowspan="2"| Yangquan (P-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| established ||rowspan="5"|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"| ↳ Yangquan (PC-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| disestablished
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ◎ Cheng District, Yangquan || ↳ Cheng District, Yangquan || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ◎ Jiao District, Yangquan || ↳ Jiao District, Yangquan || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ◎ Kuang District, Yangquan || ↳ Kuang District, Yangquan || transferred
|-
| 1972-04-05 || Xinrong County || Xinrong District || reorganized ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1975-07-09 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Jindongnan Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow" rowspan="2"| Changzhi (P-City) city district ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| established ||rowspan="2"|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"| Changzhi (PC-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| disestablished
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1975-11-08 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Lüliang Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Taiyuan (P-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| transferred ||rowspan="2"|
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Loufan County || ↳ Loufan County || transferred
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1975-12-30 ||bgcolor="lightyellow" rowspan="2"| Changzhi (P-City) city district || Cheng District, Changzhi || established ||rowspan="2"|
|-
| Jiao District, Changzhi || established
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1983-01-18 ||bgcolor="thistle" colspan="3"| all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City) ||rowspan="2"| Civil Affairs Announcement
|-
| bgcolor="thistle" colspan="3"| all Prefecture-controlled city (PC-City) → County-level city (CL-City)
|-
|rowspan="6"| 1983-07-28 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Jinzhong Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Yangquan (PL-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| transferred ||rowspan="3"|
|-bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Pingding County || ↳ Pingding County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Yu County || ↳ Yu County || transferred
|-
|bgcolor="lightyellow"| Jindongnan Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Changzhi (PL-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| transferred ||rowspan="3"|
|-bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Changzhi County || ↳ Changzhi County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Lucheng County || ↳ Lucheng County || transferred
|-
|rowspan="6"| 1983-07-28 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Xinxian Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Xinzhou Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| renamed ||
|-
| Xin County || Xinzhou (CL-City) || reorganized ||
|-
| Jincheng County || Jincheng (CL-City) || reorganized ||
|-
| Yuncheng County || Yuncheng (CL-City) || reorganized ||
|-
| Yuci County || Yuci (CL-City) || merged into ||
|-
| Linfen County || Linfen (CL-City) || merged into ||
|-
|rowspan="13"| 1985-04-30 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Jindongnan Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Changzhi (PL-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| transferred ||rowspan="13"|
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Xiangyuan County || ↳ Xiangyuan County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Tunliu County || ↳ Tunliu County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Pingshun County || ↳ Pingshun County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Licheng County || ↳ Licheng County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Huguan County || ↳ Huguan County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Zhangzi County || ↳ Zhangzi County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Wuxiang County || ↳ Wuxiang County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Qin County || ↳ Qin County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Qinyuan County || ↳ Qinyuan County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightyellow"
| Jindongnan Prefecture || Jincheng (PL-City) || reorganized
|-
|rowspan="2"| Jincheng (CL-City) || Cheng District, Jincheng || disestablished & established
|-
| Jiao District, Jincheng || disestablished & established
|-
| 1988-02-24 || Gujiaogong Kuang District || Gujiao (CL-City) || reorganized ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1988-03-24 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Yanbei Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Shuozhou (PL-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| established ||rowspan="4"|
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| Shuo County || Shuocheng District || transferred & reorganized
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| Pinglu County || Pinglu District || transferred & reorganized
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Shanyin County || ↳ Shanyin County || transferred
|-
| 1989-12-23 || Huo County || Huozhou (CL-City) || reorganized ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1992-02-10 || Xiaoyi County || Xiaoyi (CL-City) || reorganized || Civil Affairs [1992]12
|-
| Jiexiu County || Jiexiu (CL-City) || reorganized || Civil Affairs [1992]13
|-
| 1993-05-12 || Gaoping County || Gaoping (CL-City) || reorganized || Civil Affairs [1993]93
|-
| 1993-06-17 || Yuanping County || Yuanping (CL-City) || reorganized ||
|-
|rowspan="12"| 1993-05-12 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Yanbei Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Datong (PL-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| disestablished & merged into ||rowspan="12"| State Council [1993]93
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Yanggao County || ↳ Yanggao County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Tianzhen County || ↳ Tianzhen County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Guangling County || ↳ Guangling County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Lingqiu County || ↳ Lingqiu County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Hunyuan County || ↳ Hunyuan County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Zuoyun County || ↳ Zuoyun County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Datong County || ↳ Datong County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightyellow"
| Yanbei Prefecture || Shuozhou (PL-City) || disestablished & merged into
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Ying County || ↳ Ying County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Youyu County || ↳ Youyu County || transferred
|- bgcolor="lightgreen"
| ↳ Huairen County || ↳ Huairen County || transferred
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1994-01-12 || Yongji County || Yongji (CL-City) || reorganized || Civil Affairs [1994]4
|-
| Hejin County || Hejin (CL-City) || reorganized || Civil Affairs [1994]5
|-
| 1994-04-26 || Lucheng County || Lucheng (CL-City) || reorganized || Civil Affairs [1994]61
|-
| 1996-04-29 || Lishi County || Lishi (CL-City) || reorganized || Civil Affairs [1996]28
|-
| 1996-08-08 || Jiao District, Jincheng || Zezhou County || reorganized || Civil Affairs [1996]54
|-
| 1996-08-20 || Fenyang County || Fenyang (CL-City) || reorganized || Civil Affairs [1996]58
|-
|rowspan="6"| 1997-05-08 || Nancheng District, Taiyuan || Yingze District || disestablished & established ||rowspan="6"| State Council [1997]33
|-
| Beicheng District, Taiyuan || Xinghualing District || disestablished & established
|-
|rowspan="2"| Hexi District, Taiyuan || Wanbailin District || disestablished & established
|-
| Jinyuan District || disestablished & established
|-
| Nanjiao District, Taiyuan || Xiaodian District || disestablished & established
|-
| Beijiao District, Taiyuan || Jiancaoping District || disestablished & established
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1999-09-24 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Jinzhong Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Jinzhong (PL-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| reorganized ||rowspan="2"| State Council [1999]124
|-
| Yuci (CL-City) || Yuci District || reorganized
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2000-06-14 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Yuncheng Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Yuncheng (PL-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| reorganized ||rowspan="2"|
|-
| Yuncheng (CL-City) || Yanhu District || reorganized
|-
|bgcolor="lightyellow"| Xinzhou Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Xinzhou (PL-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| reorganized ||rowspan="2"|
|-
| Xinzhou (CL-City) || Xinfu District || reorganized
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2000-06-23 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Linfen Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Linfen (PL-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| reorganized ||rowspan="2"|
|-
| Linfen (CL-City) || Yaodu District || reorganized
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2003-10-23 ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Lüliang Prefecture ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| Lüliang (PL-City) ||bgcolor="lightyellow"| reorganized ||rowspan="2"| State Council [2003]112
|-
| Lishi (CL-City) || Lishi District || reorganized
|-
|rowspan="6"|2018-02-09 || Cheng District, Datong ||rowspan="2"| Pingcheng District ||rowspan="2"| disestablished & established ||rowspan="6"| State Council [2018]22
|-
|rowspan="3"| Nanjiao District<br><br>
|-
| Xinrong District || merged into
|-
|rowspan="2"| Yungang District ||rowspan="2"| disestablished & established
|-
| Kuang District, Datong
|-
| Datong County || Yunzhou District || reorganized
|-
| 2018-02-22 || Huairen County || Huairen (CL-City) || reorganized || Civil Affairs [2018]46
|-
|rowspan="5"|2018-06-19 || Jiao District, Changzhi ||rowspan="2"| Luzhou District ||rowspan="2"| disestablished & established ||rowspan="5"| State Council [2018]87
|-
| Cheng District, Changzhi
|-
| Lucheng (CL-City) || Lucheng District || reorganized
|-
| Changzhi County || Shangdang District || reorganized
|-
| Tunliu County || Tunliu District || reorganized
|-
| 2019-11-06 || Taigu County || Taigu District || reorganized || State Council [2019]104
|}
Population composition
Prefectures
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;" align="center"
|-
! Prefecture
! 2010
! 2000
|----------
|Taiyuan
|style="text-align: right;"|4,201,591
|style="text-align: right;"|3,344,392
|----------
|Changzhi
|style="text-align: right;"|3,334,564
|style="text-align: right;"|3,138,991
|----------
|Datong
|style="text-align: right;"|3,318,057
|style="text-align: right;"|3,001,508
|----------
|Jincheng
|style="text-align: right;"|2,279,151
|style="text-align: right;"|2,160,984
|----------
|Jinzhong
|style="text-align: right;"|3,249,425
|style="text-align: right;"|3,016,536
|----------
|Linfen
|style="text-align: right;"|4,316,612
|style="text-align: right;"|3,950,845
|----------
|Lüliang
|style="text-align: right;"|3,727,057
|style="text-align: right;"|3,381,630
|----------
|Shuozhou
|style="text-align: right;"|1,714,857
|style="text-align: right;"|1,451,875
|----------
|Xinzhou
|style="text-align: right;"|3,067,501
|style="text-align: right;"|2,938,344
|----------
|Yangquan
|style="text-align: right;"|1,368,502
|style="text-align: right;"|1,273,116
|----------
|Yuncheng
|style="text-align: right;"|5,134,794
|style="text-align: right;"|4,812,361
|}
Counties
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;" align="center"
|-
!Name!!Prefecture!!2010
|-
|Xiaodian || Taiyuan ||style="text-align: right;"| 804,537
|-
|Yingze || Taiyuan ||style="text-align: right;"| 601,112
|-
|Xinghualing || Taiyuan ||style="text-align: right;"| 634,482
|-
|Jiancaoping || Taiyuan ||style="text-align: right;"| 415,705
|-
|Wanbailin || Taiyuan ||style="text-align: right;"| 749,255
|-
|Jinyuan || Taiyuan ||style="text-align: right;"| 221,431
|-
|Qingxu || Taiyuan ||style="text-align: right;"| 343,861
|-
|Yangqu || Taiyuan ||style="text-align: right;"| 120,228
|-
|Loufan || Taiyuan ||style="text-align: right;"| 105,841
|-
|Gujiao || Taiyuan ||style="text-align: right;"| 205,139
|-
|-
|Pingcheng || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 723,013
|-
|Yungang || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 405,864
|-
|Xinrong || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 108,482
|-
|Yunzhou || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 185,777
|-
|Yanggao || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 272,488
|-
|Tianzhen || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 206,009
|-
|Guangling || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 182,613
|-
|Lingqiu || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 234,004
|-
|Hunyuan || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 343,486
|-
|Zuoyun || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 156,163
|-
|-
|Cheng(qu) || Yangquan ||style="text-align: right;"| 193,106
|-
|Kuang(qu) || Yangquan ||style="text-align: right;"| 242,994
|-
|Jiao(qu) || Yangquan ||style="text-align: right;"| 286,055
|-
|Pingding || Yangquan ||style="text-align: right;"| 335,265
|-
|Yu(xian) || Yangquan ||style="text-align: right;"| 311,082
|-
|-
|Jiao(qu)→[Luzhou || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 281,213
|-
|Lucheng || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 226,874
|-
|Changzhi→Shangdang || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 340,963
|-
|Tunliu || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 263,844
|-
|Xiangyuan || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 270,216
|-
|Pingshun || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 150,955
|-
|Licheng || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 158,541
|-
|Huguan || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 291,609
|-
|Zhangzi || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 353,266
|-
|Wuxiang || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 182,548
|-
|Qin(xian) || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 172,205
|-
|Qinyuan || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 158,702
|-
|-
|Cheng(qu) || Jincheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 476,945
|-
|Qinshui || Jincheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 213,022
|-
|Yangcheng || Jincheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 388,788
|-
|Lingchuan || Jincheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 231,360
|-
|Zezhou || Jincheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 484,174
|-
|Gaoping || Jincheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 484,862
|-
|-
|Shuocheng || Shuozhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 505,294
|-
|Pinglu || Shuozhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 203,793
|-
|Shanyin || Shuozhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 238,885
|-
|Ying(xian) || Shuozhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 327,973
|-
|Youyu || Shuozhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 112,063
|-
|Huairen || Shuozhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 326,849
|-
|-
|Yuci || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 635651
|-
|Yushe || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 134648
|-
|Zuoquan || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 161314
|-
|Heshun || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 144178
|-
|Xiyang || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 227896
|-
|Shouyang || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 211014
|-
|Taigu || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 298783
|-
|Qi(xian) || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 265310
|-
|Pingyao || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 502712
|-
|Lingshi || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 261402
|-
|Jiexiu || Jinzhong ||style="text-align: right;"| 406517
|-
|-
|Yanhu || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 680,043
|-
|Linyi || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 57,251
|-
|Wanrong || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 439,364
|-
|Wenxi || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 404,146
|-
|Jishan || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 347,425
|-
|Xinjiang || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 332,473
|-
|Jiang(xian) || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 281,644
|-
|Yuanqu || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 231,018
|-
|Xiadu || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 352,821
|-
|Pinglu || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 258,241
|-
|Ruicheng || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 394,854
|-
|Yongji || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 444,724
|-
|Hejin || Yuncheng ||style="text-align: right;"| 395,531
|-
|-
|Xinfu || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 544,682
|-
|Dingxiang || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 217,468
|-
|Wutai || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 299,390
|-
|Dai(xian) || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 214,091
|-
|Fanshi || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 266,800
|-
|Ningwu || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 161,165
|-
|Jingle || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 156,846
|-
|Shenchi || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 106,538
|-
|Wuzhai || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 107,632
|-
|Kelan || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 84,395
|-
|Hequ || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 145,136
|-
|Baode || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 160,035
|-
|Pianguan || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 112,111
|-
|Yuanping || Xinzhou ||style="text-align: right;"| 491,213
|-
|-
|Yaodu || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 944,050
|-
|Quwo || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 237,033
|-
|Yicheng || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 311,471
|-
|Xiangfen || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 442,614
|-
|Hongdong || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 733,421
|-
|Gu(xian) || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 91,798
|-
|Anze || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 82,012
|-
|Fushan || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 127,831
|-
|Ji(xian) || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 106,407
|-
|Xiangning || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 233,162
|-
|Pu(xian) || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 107,339
|-
|Daning || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 64,501
|-
|Yonghe || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 63,649
|-
|Xi(xian) || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 103,617
|-
|Fenxi || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 144,795
|-
|Houma || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 240,005
|-
|Huozhou || Linfen ||style="text-align: right;"| 282,907
|-
|-
|Lishi || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 320,142
|-
|Wenshui || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 421,200
|-
|Jiaocheng || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 230,522
|-
|Xing(xian) || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 279,369
|-
|Lin(xian) || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 579,069
|-
|Liulin || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 320,681
|-
|Shilou || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 111,814
|-
|Lan(xian) || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 174,180
|-
|Fangshan || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 143,809
|-
|Zhongyang || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 141,374
|-
|Jiaokou || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 119,919
|-
|Xiaoyi || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 468,766
|-
|Fenyang || Lüliang ||style="text-align: right;"| 416,212
|-
|Kuang(qu) || Datong ||style="text-align: right;"| 500,158
|-
|Cheng(qu) || Changzhi ||style="text-align: right;"| 483,628
|}