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Xianyang Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Shaanxi Province , In Chinese [咸阳市]

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Administrative Division Code : 610400;
Post Code : 712000;
Phone Area Code :0910
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 陕D
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 610400
Area Coverage: 10196 square kilometers;
Population : 5,160,000 persons;
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Current Weather of Xianyang:
The adminitrative division form of Xianyang is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have juridiction over some small cities in China.
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Xianyang Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Weicheng District渭城区Weicheng QuDistrict
2Yangling District杨凌区Yangling QuDistrict
3Qindu District秦都区Qindu QuDistrict
4Xingping City兴平市Xingping ShiCity
5Wugong County武功县Wugong XianCounty
6Chunhua County淳化县Chunhua XianCounty
7Xunyi County旬邑县Xunyi XianCounty
8Changwu County长武县Changwu XianCounty
9Binxian County彬县Binxian County
10Yongshou County永寿县Yongshou XianCounty
11Liquan County礼泉县Liquan XianCounty
12Qianxian County乾县Qianxian County
13Jingyang County泾阳县Jingyang XianCounty
14Sanyuan County三原县Sanyuan XianCounty
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Overview



Lying in the hinterland of Shanxi Province, Xian yang City has the Weishui River cutting through its south, leans on Zongshan Mountain, and borders the provincial capital city, Xi'an, to the south, and Gansu Province to the north. It is the first stop of the ancient Silk Road. With one city, two districts and ten counties under its jurisdiction, Xianyang is a national level historical and cultural city. The population of Xianyang is 82,000 in the total of 619 square kilometers of urban district. (Post Code: 712000; District Number: 0910)



Now Xianyang is a medium model city, a first-grade open city as well as national historical and a cultural city. It is featured by the folk-custom tourism with yellow earth culture, such as paper-cutting, shadow figures, local snacks, custom village, and orchard etc. Therefore it is famous for this custom tour programs around the world.

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