Xianyang
Xianyang is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an.

Xianyang is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an. The old Xianyang city was once the capital of the Qin dynasty and thus the first imperial capital of China. It is now integrated into the Greater Xi'an Metropolitan Area, one of the main megalopolises in northwestern China, with more than 7.17 million inhabitants. Its built-up area, consisting of 2 urban districts, had 945,420 inhabitants at the 2010 census. It has a total area of 10,213 square kilometers (3,943 mi2).
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Worth seeing in and around Xianyang
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Xizang Minzu University
Xizang Minzu University, also known as Tibet University for Nationalities, is a Chinese university established to educate ethnic minorities, specifically Tibetans. It is under the jurisdiction of Tibet Autonomous Region, but is physically located in the city of Xianyang in Shaanxi province, near the provincial capital Xi'an.
2.8 km · Chinese University about minorities · Wikipedia - 02China International Silk Road Center
The China International Silk Road Center is a supertall skyscraper on-hold in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The original design called for a 501-meter -tall building, but the height was changed to 498 meters because of new skyscraper regulations in China.
9.4 km · building in Greenland Center, China · Wikipedia - 03Xi'an International Football Center
The Xi'an International Football Center, also known as the Fengdong Stadium, is a football stadium located in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is the home of China League One club Shaanxi Union.
7.6 km · football stadium in Xi'an, China · Wikipedia - 04Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine
Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine is a public medical university based in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, China. The university operates two campuses: the North Campus in Xianyang, the historic ancient capital of China, and the South Campus in the West Xi'an New District along the Dan River, with a combined area of approximately 796,675.3 square meters.
3.3 km · university in China · Wikipedia
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Where to eat
- 01Tang Banquet
From Wikivoyage: Xianyang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Xianyang
- Airports
- Xi'an Xianyang (XIY), 13 km · Yuncheng Yanhu (YCU), 230 km
- Stations
- Xianyang West Railway Station, 4.3 km · Houweizhai station, 9.7 km · Xi'anxi Railway Station, 7.6 km · Xianyang Railway Station, 2.5 km · Qinchuangyuanzhongxin station, 6.8 km
- Yuncheng (Yanhu) → Xianyang224 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · ¥105–140
- Luoyang (Laocheng) → Xianyang345 km · quickest by road, 5h 35m · ¥150–200
- Zhengzhou → Xianyang455 km · quickest by road, 7h 11m · ¥195–260
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No local-transport research exists yet for Xianyang
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Xianyang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Xianyang
Xianyang is 22 km from Xi’an, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Weicheng Districtdistrict in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, China2.4 km
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