shaanxi province

main cities of shaanxi: xian , xianyang , baoji , hanzhong , tongchuan , yan'an .

xining china shaanxi yan'an xianyang xi'an baoji shaanxi, the center of chinese inland. the length from north to south is longer than the width from east to west. the length is 870 kilometers; the width is 200 to 5l0 kilometers. the whole province covers an area of 205,800 square kilometers. there are various landforms. qinba mountainous areas in south shaanxi , central shaanxi plain, and loess plateau in north shaanxi lie side by side from south to north.

shaanxi province straddles across the yellow river basin and the changjiang river basin . it characters in three kinds of climate: a humid climate of subtropics, a half humid climate of warm-- temperate zone , and a half dry climate of temperate zone . shaanxi has a continental monsoon climate. the all-year--round average temperature is 10.0--- l6.6"c. the annual average rainfall is 350-l040mm. the difference between south and north is quite distinct.

shaanxi has a population of 36.44 million. the population density is l80 per square kilometer. the han nationality accounts for 99.4% of the total. the proportion of male to female is 108.5: l00. people aging from zero to fourteen accounts for 25.02% of the total, from fifteen to sixty-four, 49.04%, above sixty-five, 5.94%.

there are nine provincial cities, two regions and 107 counties under the jurisdiction of shaanxi . there are xi'an , baoji , xianyang, tongchuan, weinan, hanzhong, yan'an, yulin, ankang, as well as shangluo region and yangling agricultural hight-tech industries demonstration zone.

 

last updated: march 16, 2006

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