Xuancheng

Xuancheng is a city in . It has a long history and is known for its traditional culture, especially its connection with Chinese calligraphy and the Four Treasures of the Study : the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.
  • City with 2,500,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 25 metres (82 feet)
  • Description: prefecture-level city in Anhui, China
  • Also known as
    “Hsüan-ch’eng”
    “Hsüan-ch’eng-hsien”
    “Ning-kuo”
    “Ningkwo”
    “Ningkwofu”
    “Süancheng”
    “Süancheng-hsien”
    “Xuancheng Shi”
    “Xuanzhou”
  • Neighbors:

Xuancheng

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Latitude
30.9413° or 30° 56′ 29″ north
Longitude
118.754° or 118° 45′ 15″ east
UN/LOCODE
CN UAN
Open location code
8P2WWQR3+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Xuancheng” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شانشانغ”
  • Arabic: “شوانتشنغ”
  • Armenian: “Սյուանչեն”
  • Asturian: “Xuancheng”
  • Basque: “Xuancheng”
  • Bengali: “শুয়ানছেং”
  • Catalan: “Xuancheng”
  • Cebuano: “Xuancheng Shi”
  • Chinese: “Xuānchéng Shì”
  • Chinese: “宣城”
  • Chinese: “宣城市”
  • Czech: “Süan-čcheng”
  • Danish: “Xuancheng”
  • Dutch: “Xuancheng”
  • Esperanto: “Sjuanĉen”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝjuanĉen”
  • Finnish: “Xuancheng”
  • French: “Xuancheng”
  • Gan Chinese: “宣城市”
  • German: “Xuancheng”
  • Greek: “Ξουάντσενγκ”
  • Gujarati: “ઝુઆન્ચેન્ગ”
  • Hebrew: “שו’אנצ’נג”
  • Hindi: “श्वेनचेंग”
  • Hungarian: “Hszüancseng”
  • Indonesian: “Xuancheng”
  • Irish: “Xuancheng”
  • Italian: “Xuancheng”
  • Japanese: “宣城市”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಸುನ್ಹ್ಯಾಂಗ್”
  • Kikuyu: “Xuancheng”
  • Kirghiz: “Шуанчең”
  • Korean: “쉬안청시”
  • Kurdish: “Xuancheng”
  • Latvian: “Suančenga”
  • Lithuanian: “Suančengas”
  • Malagasy: “Xuancheng”
  • Malay: “Xuancheng”
  • Marathi: “झुआनन्चेंग”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Sŏng-siàng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Soan-siâⁿ-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xuancheng”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Xuancheng”
  • Norwegian: “Xuancheng”
  • Pampanga: “Xuancheng”
  • Persian: “شوانچنگ”
  • Polish: “Xuancheng”
  • Russian: “Суаньчэн”
  • Russian: “Сюаньчэн”
  • Sinhala: “ක්සුආන්චෙන්ග්”
  • Spanish: “Xuancheng”
  • Swedish: “Xuancheng Shi”
  • Swedish: “Xuancheng”
  • Tagalog: “Xuancheng”
  • Tamil: “சுவன்ஜெங்”
  • Telugu: “క్సుఅంచెంగ్”
  • Thai: “เซวียนเฉิง”
  • Turkish: “Xuancheng”
  • Ukrainian: “Сюаньчен”
  • Urdu: “شوانچینگ”
  • Uzbek: “Xuancheng”
  • Venetian: “Xuancheng”
  • Vietnamese: “Tuyên Thành”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Xuancheng”
  • Welsh: “Xuancheng”
  • Western Panjabi: “سوآنچینگ”
  • Wu Chinese: “宣城市”
  • Yue Chinese: “宣城”

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