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Shaanxi

Province

Shaanxi is a province in northwestern China. It borders Inner Mongolia to the north, Shanxi and Henan to the east, Hubei, Chongqing and Sichuan to the south, and Gansu and Ningxia to the west. Its 2020 population was about 39,530,000 across an area of about 205,800 square kilometers, and its capital is Xi'an. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Xi'an 1
Population
39,530,000 1
2020 figure from Shaanxi's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Area (sq km)
205,800 1
Admission Year
1950 1
Latitude
35.6 degrees north 1
Longitude
109.3 degrees east 1
Connections

Associated With

China, Countries

Shaanxi is a province of China.

Source Shaanxi (Wikipedia)
Xi'an, Cities

xian is associated with shaanxi.

Source Xi'an (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Xi'an, Cities

xian is the capital of shaanxi.

Source Xi'an (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of

Fan Kuan

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Site Of

Cheng Hao

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Source Cheng Hao (Wikipedia)Article text
Quote, Article text
He successively served as an administrative clerk in Hu County, Shaanxi, as an administrative clerk in Shangyuan County (an area now in Nanjing), as an administrative director in Zezhou, as well as a minister of ceremony, a Censor, a tax and tariff official, a ceremony minister to the military, and various other positions.
Daoxuan

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Source Daoxuan (Wikipedia)Infobox: birth_place
Quote, Infobox: birth_place
Chang'an, Shaanxi, China

Found There

1556 Shaanxi Earthquake

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Source Wikidata: 1556 Shaanxi Earthquake
Sources
1. Shaanxi (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Shaanxi is a province in Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to the west.
  • Infobox, capital
    Capital Xi'an
  • Infobox, population
    39,530,000 (2020)
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    205800
  • Infobox, coordinates
    35.6 N 109.3 E
  • Politics section
    On 10 January 1950, the People's Government of Shaanxi was established in Xi'an.
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Wikidata: Shaanxi
Wikidata Q47974, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source

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