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Shaanxi

Shaanxi, pronounced roughly Shahn-see, is a north-central province of , and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of the province.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Xi’an and Xianyang.

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Xi'an is a city in Shaanxi Province in . The oldest surviving capital of ancient China, Xi'an is home to thousands of years of Chinese heritage and history.

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is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the a few kilometers upstream from the provincial capital of .

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»« is a city in western Shaanxi with a population of 3.26 million as of 2023. Located in the western part of the Guanzhong Plain, is known for its rich cultural history and scenic landscapes.

Destinations to Discover

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Yan'an is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering to the east and to the west. It administers several counties, including , which served as the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party before the city of Yan'an proper took that role.

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is a city in Shaanxi Province，nestled between the Qinling and Bashan mountain ranges, and situated in the Han River basin. is a popular tourist destination, with famous attractions such as the Wuhou Shrine, Dingjun Mountain, and the South Lake Scenic Area.

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is a city in the central part of Shaanxi Province, at the junction of the Guanzhong Plain and the Northern Shaanxi Plateau. It lies to the north of Xi'an and is a key stop on the way to the birthplace of Chinese civilization, the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, and the revolutionary holy land of Yan'an.

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is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering to the north, to the east, and to the west.

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Mount Hua is a sacred Taoist mountain in Shaanxi Province, . It is one of the Five Great Mountains.

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is a county-level city in Shaanxi Province under the administration of the prefecture-level city of .

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is on the Yellow River between and Shaanxi provinces. In "Huanghe Hukou Pubu", "Huanghe" translates as "Yellow River" and "Pubu" as "Waterfall".
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Shaanxi

Latitude of center
35.5896° or 35° 35′ 23″ north
Longitude of center
109.3013° or 109° 18′ 5″ east
Population
39,500,000
Elevation
1,075 metres (3,527 feet)
Abbreviation
“陕”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081655
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1796480
Wiki­data ID
Q47974
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zhuang—“Shaanxi” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Shaanxi”
  • Afrikaans: “Shaanxi”
  • Afrikaans: “Sjaanxi”
  • Arabic: “شنشي”
  • Armenian: “Շենսի”
  • Asturian: “Shaanxi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şensi”
  • Balinese: “Shaanxi”
  • Basque: “Shaanxi”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Шэньсі”
  • Belarusian: “Шэньсі”
  • Bengali: “শাআনশি”
  • Bosnian: “Šensi”
  • Bosnian: “Shaanxi”
  • Breton: “Shaanxi”
  • Bulgarian: “Шенси”
  • Bulgarian: “Шънси”
  • Catalan: “Província de Shaanxi”
  • Catalan: “Shaanxi”
  • Catalan: “Shensi”
  • Cebuano: “Shaanxi”
  • Central Kurdish: “شێنسی”
  • Chinese: “CN-61”
  • Chinese: “Qín”
  • Chinese: “Shaanxi Sheng”
  • Chinese: “Shǎn”
  • Chinese: “Shǎnxī shěng”
  • Chinese: “Shǎnxī”
  • Chinese: “Siám-sai-séng”
  • Chinese: “秦”
  • Chinese: “陕”
  • Chinese: “陕西”
  • Chinese: “陕西省”
  • Chinese: “陝”
  • Chinese: “陝西”
  • Chinese: “陝西省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şensi”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şenşi”
  • Croatian: “Shaanxi”
  • Czech: “Šen-hsi”
  • Czech: “Šen-si”
  • Czech: “Shaanxi”
  • Danish: “Shaanxi”
  • Dutch: “Shaanxi”
  • Dutch: “Sjen-si”
  • Dutch: “Sjensi”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝenŝio”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝenŝji”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝenŝjio”
  • Esperanto: “Shaanxi-provinco”
  • Esperanto: “Shaanxi”
  • Esperanto: “Shenxi”
  • Estonian: “Shaanxi provints”
  • Estonian: “Shaanxi”
  • Estonian: “Shenxi”
  • Finnish: “Šensi”
  • Finnish: “Shaanxi”
  • French: “Chen-si”
  • French: “Chensi”
  • French: “Province de Shaanxi”
  • French: “Shaanxi”
  • French: “Shǎnxī”
  • French: “Shensi”
  • Galician: “Shaanxi”
  • Gan Chinese: “陕西省”
  • Gan Chinese: “陝西”
  • Georgian: “შენსი”
  • German: “Schensi”
  • German: “Shaanxi”
  • German: “Shensi”
  • German: “Shenxi”
  • Greek: “Σαανσί”
  • Gujarati: “શાંક્ષી”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sám-sî”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Shám-sî-sén”
  • Hebrew: “שאאנסי”
  • Hebrew: “שאאנשי”
  • Hindi: “शांझी”
  • Hindi: “शान्शी प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “शान्शी प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “शान्शी”
  • Hindi: “शान्श़ी”
  • Hindi: “शांशी”
  • Hindi: “शांसि”
  • Hindi: “शेंसी”
  • Hungarian: “Senhszi”
  • Icelandic: “Shaanxi”
  • Ido: “Provinco Shaanxi”
  • Ido: “Shaanxi”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Shaanxi”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Shǎnxī”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Shaanxi”
  • Indonesian: “Shaanxi”
  • Interlingua: “Shaanxi”
  • Irish: “Shaanxi”
  • Italian: “Shaanxi”
  • Italian: “Shanzi”
  • Japanese: “陕西省”
  • Japanese: “陜西”
  • Japanese: “陜西省”
  • Japanese: “陝西”
  • Japanese: “陝西省 (中華人民共和国)”
  • Japanese: “陝西省”
  • Kannada: “ಶಾಂಕ್ಸಿ”
  • Kongo: “Shaanxi”
  • Korean: “산시 성”
  • Korean: “산시성 (섬서성)”
  • Korean: “산시성”
  • Korean: “섬서 성”
  • Korean: “섬서”
  • Korean: “섬서성”
  • Kurdish: “Shaanxi”
  • Latin: “Xensia”
  • Latin: “Xianxim”
  • Latvian: “Šaaņsji province”
  • Latvian: “Šaaņsji”
  • Literary Chinese: “陜西省”
  • Literary Chinese: “陝西省”
  • Lithuanian: “Šaansi”
  • Lithuanian: “Šensi”
  • Lithuanian: “Shaanxi”
  • Lombard: “Shaanxi”
  • Macedonian: “Шенси”
  • Malagasy: “Shaanxi”
  • Malay: “Shaanxi”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Shaanxi”
  • Malayalam: “ഷാങ്സി”
  • Manipuri: “ꯁꯥꯟꯁꯤ”
  • Manx: “Shaanxi”
  • Marathi: “शा’आन्-सी”
  • Marathi: “शाआंशी”
  • Marathi: “शांक्सी”
  • Marathi: “षा‘न्शी”
  • Marathi: “षा’न्शी”
  • Marathi: “षान्शी”
  • Mazanderani: “شنشی”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Siēng-să̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Siám-sai-séng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Siám-sai”
  • Mingrelian: “შენსი”
  • Mongolian: “Шэньси муж”
  • Nepali: “साङ्सी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Shaanxi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shaanxi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shensi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shaanxi”
  • Norwegian: “Shaanxi”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Shaanxi”
  • Ossetian: “Шэньси”
  • Pampanga: “Shaanxi”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ੈਨਸ਼ੀ”
  • Persian: “شاآنچی”
  • Persian: “شاآنشی”
  • Persian: “شاآن‌شی”
  • Persian: “شاآنکسی”
  • Persian: “شاانشی”
  • Persian: “شنشی”
  • Polish: “Shaanxi”
  • Polish: “Szensi”
  • Portuguese: “província de Shaanxi”
  • Portuguese: “Shaanxi”
  • Portuguese: “Xianxim”
  • Quechua: “Shaanxi pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “Shaanxi”
  • Romanian: “Shǎnxī”
  • Russian: “Шэньси”
  • Scots: “Shaanxi”
  • Serbian: “Shaanxi”
  • Serbian: “Шенси”
  • Serbian: “陕西”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šensi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shaanxi”
  • Sindhi: “شانڪسي صوبو”
  • Sinhala: “ශාන්ක්සි”
  • Slovak: “Šen-si”
  • Slovenian: “Šaanši”
  • Slovenian: “Šanši”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Shaanxi”
  • Spanish: “Shaankshi”
  • Spanish: “Shaanxi”
  • Spanish: “Shankshi”
  • Spanish: “Shensi”
  • Spanish: “Shenxi”
  • Swahili: “Shaanxi”
  • Swedish: “Shaanxi”
  • Swedish: “Shǎnxī”
  • Swedish: “Shensi”
  • Tagalog: “Shaanxi Province”
  • Tagalog: “Shaanxi”
  • Tajik: “Шаанси”
  • Tamil: “சென்சி மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “ஷங்க்சி”
  • Tamil: “ஷாங்ஷி மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Шэньси провинциясе”
  • Telugu: “షాంక్సి”
  • Thai: “ฉ่านซี”
  • Thai: “มณฑลฉ่านซี”
  • Thai: “มณฑลสั่นซี”
  • Thai: “มณฑลส่านซี”
  • Thai: “ส่านซี”
  • Tibetan: “ཧའན་ཞི་ཞིང་ཆེན་”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲའན་ཞི་ཞིང་ཆེན་”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲའན་ཞི་ཞིང་ཆེན།”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲའན་ཤིའི་”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲའན་ཤིའི་ཞིང་ཆེན་”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲའན་ཤིའི་ཞིང་ཆེན།”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲའན་ཤིའི།”
  • Turkish: “Şaanşi”
  • Turkish: “Şensi”
  • Turkish: “Shaanxi”
  • Uighur: “شەئەنخى ئۆلكىسى”
  • Uighur: “شېنشى ئۆلكىسى”
  • Ukrainian: “Провінція Шеньсі”
  • Ukrainian: “Шеньсі”
  • Urdu: “شانسی”
  • Uzbek: “Shensi”
  • Venetian: “Shaanxi”
  • Vietnamese: “Thiểm Tây”
  • Walloon: “Chånxi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shaanxi”
  • Welsh: “Shaanxi”
  • Western Armenian: “Շաանքսի”
  • Western Panjabi: “شانسی”
  • Wu Chinese: “陕西省”
  • Yakut: “Шэньси”
  • Yue Chinese: “Shaanxi”
  • Yue Chinese: “Shensi”
  • Yue Chinese: “陝西”
  • Yue Chinese: “陝西省”
  • Zhuang: “Sanjsih”
  • “Shaanxi”

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