Chang'an was the capital city of several Chinese dynasties, among them the Western Han and the Tang, from 202 BC to 907 AD, located in China's Shaanxi Province on the site that is now central Xi'an. At various times it was the largest city in the world, and around 750 AD Chinese records called it a million man city. Liu Bang moved his court to the Changle Palace in 200 BC, and the Weiyang Palace became the largest palace ever built. After the warlord Zhu Wen forced most of its remaining population to move to Luoyang in 904 AD it became a minor centre, and the Ming dynasty later settled on the name Xi'an and built walls around the former Sui and Tang palace district.
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Source Emperor Dezong of Tang (Wikipedia)BackgroundQuote, Background
He was born at the eastern palace-i.e., the Crown Prince's palace-at the Tang capital Chang'an.
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Li Song was born in 761, during the reign of his great-grandfather Emperor Suzong, at the Eastern Palace (i.e., the palace of his grandfather Li Yu, then Crown Prince) at the Tang dynasty capital Chang'an.
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Fazang's ancestors came from the Central Asian region of Sogdia, a major center for Silk Road trade, but he was born in the Tang capital of Chang'an (now Xi'an), where his family had become culturally Chinese.
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The Hanlin Academy was an academic and administrative institution of higher learning founded in the 8th century Tang China by Emperor Xuanzong in Chang'an.
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1. City Population (citypopulation.de): China: Provinces and Major Cities
City Population (citypopulation.de)Cities table, 2020-11-01 census column (Xian)Quote, Cities table, 2020-11-01 census column (Xian)
Xī'ān ( incl. Cháng'ān, Líntóng, Hùyì, Gāolíng ) [ Sian ] City 西安市 SN 2,462,461 3,969,200 5,596,083 9,392,938 0
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 34.3083, 108.8583
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation result for the city coordinatesQuote, Elevation result for the city coordinates
"elevation": 388.0
3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell 34.25 N 108.75 E containing the city coordinatesQuote, Grid cell 34.25 N 108.75 E containing the city coordinates
34.25 108.75 Cwa
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Shanghai commentQuote, Zone Asia/Shanghai comment
Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai.
Chang'an (Wikipedia)
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Chang'an, located in China's Shaanxi Province, was the capital city of several Chinese dynasties
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Chang'an, located in China's Shaanxi Province, was the capital city of several Chinese dynasties
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Chang'an, located in China's Shaanxi Province, was the capital city of several Chinese dynasties, including the Western Han and the Tang, from 202 BC to 907 AD.
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