Shensi

Simplified Chinese: 陕西, Traditional: 陝西, Pinyin: Shǎnxī, Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi, pronounced like "Shon-shee") is a northwestern province of the People's Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of the province. The double a in Shaan (陕) is used to distinguish it from Shanxi. Shan = 山 (mountain), xi = 西 (west).

陕西省/陝西省
Shǎnxī Shěng

Province Abbreviation(s): 陕 (Shǎn)
Capital	Xi'an
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 11th 206,000 km² xx%
Population  - Total (2000)  - Density	Ranked 16th 36,050,000 175/km²
Administration Type	Province
Governor	Jia Zhibang

History

See also: Chang'an, Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty

Geography

Desert in the north along the border with Inner Mongolia, the Loess Plateau in the central part of the province, the Qinling mountains running east to west in the south central part, and subtropical climate south of the Qinling mountains.

Other cities include: Lintong, Yan'an

Economy

Demographics

Culture

• Qinqiang, the representative folk opera of Shaanxi

Tourism

• The city of Xi'an: City Walls, Great Mosque, Bell Tower and Drum Tower, Forest of Stone Steles Museum, Shaanxi History Museum
• Mausoleum and Terracotta Army Museum of the First Qin Emperor in Xi'an (World Heritage Site)
• Banpo Neolithic village, near Xi'an
• Imperial mausoleums
  • Zhao Mausoleum
• Daqin Pagoda
• Yan'an, the destination of the Long March and the center of Chinese Communist revolution from 1935 to 1948
• Mt. Huashan, one of the five most famous mountains in China. Mt. Taibaishan, the peak of Range Chinese Football Association Jia League
  • Xi'an Anxinyuan
  • Shaanxi Guoli
• Chinese Basketball Association
  • Shaanxi Dongsheng Kylins

The most devastating earthquake in history occurred in northern Shaanxi Province on January 24, 1556, killing an estimated 850,000 people.