Shaanxi province
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Shaanxi Province 陕西省 |
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| Province | |
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 陕西省 (Shǎnxī Shěng) |
| • Abbreviation |
(Shǎn) (Qín) |
.svg) Map showing the location of Shaanxi Province |
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| Coordinates: 35°36′N 108°24′E / 35.6°N 108.4°ECoordinates: 35°36′N 108°24′E / 35.6°N 108.4°E | |
| Capital (and largest city) |
Xi'an |
| Divisions | 10 prefectures, 107 counties, 1745 townships |
| Government | |
| • Secretary | Lou Qinjian |
| • Governor | Hu Heping |
| Area | |
| • Total | 205,800 km2 (79,500 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 11th |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 37,327,378 |
| • Rank | 16th |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 21st |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic composition |
Han - 99.5% Hui - 0.4% |
| • Languages and dialects | Zhongyuan Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, Jin |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-61 |
| GDP (2016) |
CNY 1.92 trillion USD 289 billion (17th) |
| • per capita |
CNY 50,530 USD 7,609 (15th) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.695 (medium) (14th) |
| Website | www.shaanxi.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese) |
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"Shaanxi" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
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| Literal meaning | "West of the Shan Pass" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shǎnxī |
| Bopomofo | ㄕㄢˇ ㄒㄧ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Shaanshi |
| Wade–Giles | Shan3-hsi1 |
| IPA | [ʂàn.ɕí] |
| other Mandarin | |
| Xiao'erjing | شًا سِ |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Sŏ́sì (Sox2si1) Soe上 si平 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Sím-sāi |
| Jyutping | Sim2-sai1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Tâi-lô | Siám-sai |
Shaanxi, formerly romanized as Shensi, is a province of the People's Republic of China. Officially part of the Northwest China region, it lies in central China, bordering the provinces of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), Ningxia (NW), and Inner Mongolia (N). It covers an area of over 205,000 km2 (79,151 sq mi) with about 37 million people. Xi'an—which includes the sites of the former Chinese capitals Fenghao and Chang'an—is the provincial capital. Xianyang, which served as the Qin capital, is located nearby. The other prefecture-level cities into which the province is divided are Ankang, Baoji, Hanzhong, Shangluo, Tongchuan, Weinan, Yan'an and Yulin.
Shaanxi comprises the Wei Valley and much of the surrounding fertile Loess Plateau, stretching from the Qin Mountains and Shannan in the south to the Ordos Desert in the north. Along with areas of adjacent Shanxi and Henan, it formed the cradle of Chinese civilization, with its Guanzhong region sheltering the capitals of the Zhou, Qin, Han, Jin, Sui, and Tang dynasties. It does not include the full territory of the Yellow River's Ordos Loop, with the Great Wall of China separating it from the grasslands and deserts of Inner Mongolia.
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