Xi'an

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Xi'an, Shaanxi) Jump to: navigation, search Xi'an 西安 Chang'an · 長安 —  Sub-provincial city  — 西安市 From top: City wall of Xi'an, Xingqinggong Park, Drum Tower of Xi'an, Great Mosque of Xi'an, Southeast city corner, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Nan'erhuan Road Location of Xi'an City jurisdiction in Shaanxi Xi'an Location in China Coordinates: 34°16′N 108°54′E / 34.267°N 108.900°E / 34.267; 108.900Coordinates: 34°16′N 108°54′E / 34.267°N 108.900°E / 34.267; 108.900 Country People's Republic of China Province Shaanxi Government  • CPC Xi'an Sun Qingyun (孙清云)  • Mayor Dong Jun (董军) Area  • Sub-provincial city 9,983 km2 (3,854 sq mi)  • Urban 826 km2 (319 sq mi)  • Metro 3,830 km2 (1,480 sq mi)  • Yangling 94 km2 (36 sq mi) Elevation 405 m (1,329 ft) Population (2010 census)  • Sub-provincial city 8,467,837  • Density Bad rounding here850/km2 (Bad rounding here2,200/sq mi)  • Urban 6,501,200  • Urban density Bad rounding here7,900/km2 (Bad rounding here20,000/sq mi)  • Metro 7,168,005 Time zone CST (UTC+8) Postal code 710000 - 710090 Area code(s) +86/29 GDP (2010) - Total ¥ 324.1 billion - Per capita ¥26,259 License plate prefixes 陕A City flower Pomegranate flower City tree Pagoda tree Website http://www.xa.gov.cn/ Xi'an Chinese 西安 Postal Map Sian Literal meaning western peace Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Xī'ān - Wade–Giles Hsi-An - IPA Min - Hokkien POJ Se-an Wu - Romanization si平oe平 Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping sai1on1 Chang'an Traditional Chinese 長安 Simplified Chinese 长安 Literal meaning perpetual peace Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Cháng'ān Terracotta Army inside the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, 3rd century BCE.

Xi'an (Chinese: 西安; pinyin: Xī'ān; Wade–Giles: Hsi-An, also spelled Hsi-an, Hsian, or Sian) is the capital of Shaanxi province, and a sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China. One of the oldest cities in China, with more than 3,100 years of history, the city was known as Chang'an before the Ming Dynasty. Xi'an is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, having held the position under several of the most important dynasties in Chinese history, including Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang. Xi'an is the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and home to the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

Since the 1990s, as part of the economic revival of interior China especially for the central and northwest regions, the city of Xi'an has re-emerged as an important cultural, industrial and educational centre of the central-northwest region, with facilities for research and development, national security and China's space exploration program. It's now one of the most populous built-up areas in inland China with 7,168,005 inhabitants, including urban parts of Xianyang (Weicheng and Qindu districts). According to a July 2012 report by the Economist Intelligence Unit, it was recently named as one of the 13 emerging megacities, or megalopolises, in China. The report pinpoints and highlights the demographic and income trends that are shaping these cities' development.