Shaanxi
Coordinates: 35°36′N 108°24′E / 35.6°N 108.4°E / 35.6; 108.4
| Shaanxi Province | |||||||||
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| Abbreviations: 陕 or 秦 (pinyin: Shǎn or Qín) | |||||||||
| Origin of name | 陕 shǎn - Shanzhou (now Shan County, Henan) 西 xī - west "west of Shanzhou" |
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| Administration type | Province | ||||||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
Xi'an | ||||||||
| CPC Ctte Secretary | Zhao Leji | ||||||||
| Governor | Zhao Zhengyong (acting) | ||||||||
| Area | 205,800 km2 (79,500 sq mi) (11th) | ||||||||
| - Latitude | 31° 43' to 39° 35' N | ||||||||
| - Longitude | 105° 29' to 111° 14' E | ||||||||
| Population (2010) - Density |
37,327,378 (16th) 180 /km2 (470 /sq mi) (21st) |
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| GDP (2011) - per capita |
CNY 1.24 trillion US$ 196.7 billion (17th) CNY 27,133 US$ 4,008 (15th) |
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| HDI (2008) | 0.773 (medium) (22nd) | ||||||||
| Ethnic composition | Han - 99.5% Hui - 0.4% |
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| Languages and dialects | {{{Dialects}}} | ||||||||
| Prefectural level | 10 divisions | ||||||||
| County level | 107 divisions | ||||||||
| Township level* | 1745 divisions | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-61 | ||||||||
| Official website www.shaanxi.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese) |
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| Source for population and GDP data: Source for nationalities data: * | |||||||||
| Template • Discussion • WikiProject China | |||||||||
Shaanxi (simplified Chinese: 陕西; traditional Chinese: 陝西; pinyin: Shǎnxī; Wade–Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province of the People's Republic of China, officially part of the Northwest China region. It includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qin Mountains (Qinling) across the southern part of this province. Shaanxi is the historical home, along with Gansu of the dialect of the Dungans, of the Hui people, who emigrated out of China to Central Asia.
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