Weiyang

Weiyang District is one of 11 urban districts and the seat of the prefecture-level city of , the capital of , Northwest . It is located at northwest Xi'an, functioning as the new administrative centre of the city.
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  • Type: City with 807,000 residents
  • Description: district of Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China
  • Also known as: Wei-yang”, “Wei-yang Ch’u”, “Wei-yang-ch’u”, “Weiyang District”, “Weiyang Qu”, “Weiyang, Xi’an”, and “Weiyangqu

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Great Mosque of Xi’an and Daming Palace National Heritage Park.

Mosque
The Great Mosque of Xi'an, also known as the Huajue Xiang Mosque due to its location on 30 Huajue Lane, and is sometimes called the Great Eastern Mosque, is a located in the eastern segments of the Xi'an Muslim Quarter, , in the province of .

Park
The Daming Palace was the imperial palace complex of the Tang dynasty, located in its capital Chang'an. It served as the imperial residence of the Tang emperors for more than 220 years.

Museum
Photo: H2v5o68z, CC0.
The of Xi'an, built in 1384 during the early Ming dynasty, is a symbol of the city of and one of the grandest of its kind in China and lays on the axis of the Imperial Way.

Weiyang

Latitude
34.2946° or 34° 17′ 41″ north
Longitude
108.9416° or 108° 56′ 30″ east
Population
807,000
Elevation
399 metres (1,309 feet)
Open location code
8P6C7WVR+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6416740005
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2001377
Wiki­data ID
Q1339819
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Weiyang” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Weiyang Barrutia
  • Cebuano: Weiyang Qu
  • Chinese: Bī-iong-khu
  • Chinese: 未央
  • Chinese: 未央区
  • Chinese: 未央區
  • Dutch: Weiyang District
  • French: district de Weiyang
  • French: District de Weiyang
  • French: Weiyang
  • Gan Chinese: 未央区
  • German: Weiyang
  • Indonesian: Distrik Weiyang, Xian
  • Italian: Weiyang
  • Japanese: 未央区
  • Korean: 웨이양구
  • Literary Chinese: 未央區
  • Min Nan Chinese: Bī-iong-khu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Weiyang
  • Norwegian: Weiyang
  • Russian: Вэйян
  • Spanish: Weiyang
  • Swedish: Weiyang, Xi’an
  • Swedish: Weiyang
  • Vietnamese: Vị Ương
  • Welsh: Ardal Weiyang
  • Wu Chinese: 未央区
  • Yue Chinese: 未央區

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