An Introduction to Shanxi Province 陕 西 省 简 介

Abbreviation: Shan 陕or Qin 秦
Capital: Xi’an
Area: More than 190,000 square kilometers
Population: 36.11 million
Location: In northwest China along the middle reaches of the Yellow River

The northern part of Shaanxi is the Huangtu (Loess) Plateau, and the southern part is the Qin-Ba Hilly Area, while the middle part is the alluvial plain of Wei River. The two water systems of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are divided from the Qinling Mountains, which also set a distinctive division of climates between the north and the south of the province along the mountains. The northern part has four distinctive seasons, with a clod winter and hot summer each year, while the southern part has a warm and humid weather, with plenty of rainfalls.

Shaanxi Province is one of the important industrial bases in China. The industry of the province is relatively more advanced than China’s other western provinces and autonomous regions.

Industries with certain scales include machinery, electronics, textiles, coal, petrochemical and food with concentration in machinery and textiles. Major minerals include coal, iron, manganese, and phosphor and petroleum. Agriculture includes grain, animal husbandry, and sheep.

The Province used to be the most prosperous area within China, especially in the Han (206 BC-AD 220) and Tang (618-907) dynasties, creating advanced social productivity and prime civilization of feudal society prior to that of other countries in the world. It is one of cradles of ancient Chinese civilization and the center of ancient China. Numerous relics have made Shaanxi a favourite place for tourists both from home and abroad. Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum and are acclaimed as the Eighth Wonder of the World. UNESCO inscribed it on the list of the World Heritage in 1987.

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