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Shaanxi

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Shaanxi at a glance

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Aerial view of "world's most dangerous hiking trail", in Shaanxi, China

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Follow the camera to tour the inland city of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

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Relics found during airport expansion in NW China's Shaanxi

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Ming dynasty Great Wall fort ruins revealed in northwest China’s Shaanxi province

Shaanxi is a province of the People's Republic of China. Officially part of the Northwest China region, it lies in central China, bordering the provinces of Shanxi, Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), Ningxia (NW), and Inner Mongolia (N). It covers an area of over 205,000 km2 (79,151 sq mi) with about 37 million people. Xi'an – which includes the sites of the former Chinese capitals Fenghao and Chang'an – is the provincial capital. Xianyang, which served as the Qin dynasty capital, is located nearby. The other prefecture-level cities into which the province is divided are Ankang, Baoji, Hanzhong, Shangluo, Tongchuan, Weinan, Yan'an and Yulin.