Xianyang is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an. Once the capital of the Qin dynasty, it is now integrated into the Xi'an metropolitan area, one of the main urban agglomerations in northwestern China, with more than 7.17 million inhabitants. Its built-up area, consisting of 2 urban districts, had 945,420 inhabitants at the 2010 census. It has a total area of 10,213 square kilometers (3,943 sq mi).
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Image: 三原城隍庙 panoramio
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Shaanxi is an inland province in Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi, Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), Ningxia (NW), and Inner Mongolia (N).
Loess Plateau in Wubu, Shaanxi
Tongwancheng, capital of Northern Xia (407–431).
Cliff inscriptions in Red Stone Gorge from 1587 to 1949.
A typical yaodong residence.