main cities of shaanxi: xian , xianyang , baoji , hanzhong , tongchuan , yan'an .
yan’an is a famous national resort, as well as one of the hundreds educational base of patriotism in china. it’s an important base for promote the patriotism, revolutionary tradition and yan'an spirit education; one of the cradles of huaxia (an ancient name for china) nationality. yan’an located between north latitude 3521' - 3731' and east longitude 10741' - 11031' in the middle beaches of the yellow river, the south of the loess plateau. it faces the shanxi province across the yellow river, borders on the gansu province in the west.
with the neighboring areas: shanxi, henan, hubei, sichuan, and gansu provinces; ningxia hui and inner mongolia autonomous regions, yan’an has a total area of: 37,029 sq km.
yan’an has a history of more than 1300 years; the cradle of chinese civilization. it was set up as a city in 1937, being the capital of shaanxi-gansu-ningxia border region; grew into a county in 1949; in 1972; being the famous revolutionary resort in china; used to be the headquarter and general rear during the china's war of liberation (1945-1949); used to be the location of the central committee of the chinese communist party.
the main mountains of yan’an are: the pagoda hill, mt. qingliangshan, mt. wanhuashan, mt. qiaoshan, mt. fenghuangshan. the main rivers are: the yellow river, weihe river, jinhe river, luohe river, yanhe river, wudinghe river; jushui river; the hukou waterfall.