Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Shaanxi (陝西 in pinyin: Shan3 xi1) (Wade-Giles: Shensi) 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 is used to distinguish it from Shanxi. Shan = 山 (mountain), xi = west. 陝西省 Province Abbreviation(s): Xx Capital Xian Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 11th 206,000 km² xx% Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 16th 36,050,000 175/km² Administration Type Province Table of contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Miscellaneous topics 8 External links History See also: Xianbei 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 Tourism The city of Xian: city walls, mosque, bell tower, museums Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in Xi'an (World Heritage Site) Banpo Neolithic village, near Xian Imperial mausoleums Daqin Pagoda Yan'an, the destination of the Long March and the center of Chinese Communist revolution from 1935 to 1948 Miscellaneous topics The most devasting earthquake in history occurred in northern Shaanxi Province on January 24, 1556, killing an estimated 850,000 souls. External links This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.