Shaanxi

Shaanxi

Coordinates: 35°36′N 108°24′E / 35.6°N 108.4°E / 35.6; 108.4

Shaanxi Province
陕西省
Abbreviations: 陕 or 秦 (pinyin: Shǎn or Qín)
Origin of name 陕 shǎn - Shanzhou (now Shan County, Henan)
西 xī - west
"west of Shanzhou"
Administration type Province
Capital
(and largest city)		 Xi'an
CPC Ctte Secretary Zhao Leji
Governor Zhao Zhengyong (acting)
Area 205,800 km2 (79,500 sq mi) (11th)
- Latitude 31° 43' to 39° 35' N
- Longitude 105° 29' to 111° 14' E
Population (2010)
- Density		 37,327,378 (16th)
180 /km2 (470 /sq mi) (21st)
GDP (2011)

- per capita		 CNY 1.24 trillion
US$ 196.7 billion (17th)
CNY 27,133
US$ 4,008 (15th)
HDI (2008) 0.773 (medium) (22nd)
Ethnic composition Han - 99.5%
Hui - 0.4%
Languages and dialects {{{Dialects}}}
Prefectural level 10 divisions
County level 107 divisions
Township level* 1745 divisions
ISO 3166-2 CN-61
Official website
www.shaanxi.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese)
Source for population and GDP data: Source for nationalities data: *
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Shaanxi (simplified Chinese: 陕西; traditional Chinese: 陝西; pinyin: Shǎnxī; Wade–Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province of the People's Republic of China, officially part of the Northwest China region. It includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qin Mountains (Qinling) across the southern part of this province. Shaanxi is the historical home, along with Gansu of the dialect of the Dungans, of the Hui people, who emigrated out of China to Central Asia.

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