"Xianyang" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese
咸阳
Traditional Chinese
咸陽
Postal
Sienyang
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Xiányáng
Wade–Giles
Hsien2-yang2
IPA
[ɕjɛ̌n.jǎŋ]
Xianyang (Chinese: 咸阳; pinyin: Xiányáng) is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an. Once the capital of the Qin dynasty, it is now integrated into the Xi'an metropolitan area, one of the main urban agglomerations in northwestern China, with more than 7.17 million inhabitants. Its built-up area, consisting of 2 urban districts (Qindu and Weicheng), had 945,420 inhabitants at the 2010 census. It has a total area of 10,213 square kilometers (3,943 sq mi).
Xianyang is the seat of the Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, the main airport serving Xi'an and the largest airport in Northwest China, and one of the 40 busiest airports in the world.[2][3]
Xianyang is one of the top 500 cities in the world by scientific research outputs, as tracked by the Nature Index.[4] It is home to the main campus of Northwest A&F University (NWAFU), one of the world's top universities in agriculture science related fields,[5][6] and a member of "Project 985" club which is an organization of 39 reputable universities in China.
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