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Our Xi'an maps cover Xi'an's location in China, cities in Shaanxi Province, attractions and main roads in Xi'an city, the Xi'an subway, and the layout of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum.
Xi'an. Type: City with 12,200,000 residents. Description: capital of Shaanxi Province, China. Categories: sub-province-level division, big city, prefecture-level city, megacity, former capital, ancient city, provincial capital and locality.
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Xi’an, city and capital of Shaanxi sheng (province), north-central China. It is located in the south-central part of the province, at the southern limit of the Loess Plateau. The city site is on a low plain on the south bank of the Wei River. Just to the south the Qin (Tsingling) Mountains rise dramatically above the plain. The Xi’an region is one ...
Cities have existed in the area since the 11th century bce. Chang’an Cheng (“Walled City of Chang’an”), built in 202 bce just northwest of present-day Xi’an, was the capital of the Xi (Western) Han dynasty (206 bce–25 ce) and was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world. It was largely destroyed during the disturbances that preceded the Xin interregnum of the Han (9–25 ce) perpetrated by Wang Man. The Dong (Eastern) Han dynasty, established in 25, moved its capital east to Luoyang (now in Henan province).
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For several centuries Chang’an declined, despite its strategic importance to the northwestern non-Chinese (“barbarian”) principalities. It served briefly (311–316 ce) as the capital of the Xi Jin dynasty, but its capture and destruction by the Xiongnu marked the end of organized Chinese control of the region. Several small states made Chang’an their capital during the Sixteen Kingdoms (Shiliuguo) period (303–439), and it was adopted as the capital of the Xi Wei and Bei (Northern) Zhou states in the 6th century. It was revived by the Sui emperors (581–618), who also made it their capital.
As the capital of the much longer-lived Tang dynasty (618–907), Chang’an was expanded and divided into three parts—the Palace City; the Imperial City, for the officials; and the Outer City, for artisans and merchants. It soon became one of the most splendid and extravagant cities in the world. The city declined after the downfall of the Tang, though it continued as a market centre and broker of the Central Asian trade. In the 13th century the Venetian adventurer Marco Polo described the city as a thriving trade centre. The popular name Xi’an (“Western Peace”), adopted in 1369 after the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) was established, was later changed to Xijing in 1930 but was restored in 1943.
From the 1920s the city was the chief port of entry for communist ideology reaching China from the Soviet Union. In December 1936 the city was the site of the Xi’an (Sian) Incident, which marked the beginning of united Chinese Nationalist and communist resistance against the Japanese.
Xi’an experienced some slow industrial development after the main east-west rail line reached the city in 1935, but this was curtailed by the Sino-Japanese War (1937–45). However, beginning in the mid-1950s, Xi’an was a primary focus of expenditures from the central government and since then has been one of China’s major industrialized cities. Among the initial industries established were those manufacturing metallurgical products, chemicals, precision instruments, construction equipment, and processed foods. Subsequent development was directed toward creating regional centres dedicated to manufacturing specific products: the textile district is in the eastern suburban area, electrical machinery is made in the western suburbs, a research and production base for China’s aerospace industry is in the northeastern suburbs, and at the southwestern outskirts of the city is an electronics sector. In addition, as the centre of an important farming region, Xi’an is engaged in agricultural processing, most notably of cotton, wheat, and tea.
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Being located in the central part of the country, Xi’an has emerged as a railway and highway hub. The east-west Longhai rail line, passing through the city, extends from the eastern seaports along the coast to Gansu, Xinjiang, and the countries of Central Asia to the west. A dense highway network connects Xi’an with other cities within Shaanxi, as well as with those in the neighbouring provinces, and expressways link Xi’an with other major cities in the region. A regional international airport, northwest of the city, has service to most major mainland cities and Hong Kong, as well as to a number of foreign destinations. Xi’an’s Metro, a rail transit system, has several lines and provides many options for intracity travel.
Tourism—based on the city’s many historical monuments and a plethora of ancient ruins and tombs in the vicinity—has become an important component of the local economy, and the Xi’an region is one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations. Located in the city is the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, housed in a former Confucian temple; it is noted for its Forest of Stelae, an important collection of inscribed stelae and Buddhist sculpture. The Shaanxi History Museum preserves artifacts and art objects spanning Chinese history from Paleolithic times through the Qing dynasty. Other sites of interest in the city include the Little Wild Goose Pagoda, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and the Temple of Great Good Will, all constructed during the Tang dynasty; the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower, built during Ming times; the Great Mosque, founded in 742, its existing buildings dating from the 14th century; and three well-preserved 14th-century city gates in the wall that surrounds the old city.
Xi’an is a centre of higher education noted for its technological schools. In all, there are more than 60 universities and colleges in and around the city. Best known are Xi’an Jiaotong University, Northwest University, Xi’an Polytechnic University, a medical school, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, and Xidian University, the latter specializing in electronics and information technology.
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