Xianyang is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, China, on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream from the provincial capital Xi an. The old city of Xianyang served as the capital of the Qin dynasty, making it China first imperial capital. Today Xianyang is part of the Greater Xi an Metropolitan Area, one of northwestern China major urban centers with more than 7.17 million people; its own built up area, spanning two urban districts, had a population of 945,420 at the 2010 census, and the prefecture-level city covers a total area of 10,213 square kilometers.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Latitude34.329722 degrees north 1 Longitude108.709167 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Xianyang (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 4,983,340 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 34.329722, longitude 108.709167
P2046 (area)
area 10323.99 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 4983340 (2020)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Xianyang - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1790353
34.33778 108.70261 P PPLA3 CN 26 6104 1034081 387 Asia/Shanghai
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 387 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.25, 108.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.25, 108.75
34.25 108.75 Cwa
Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source Xianyang (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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