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Prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, People's Republic of China

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
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The place

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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What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Xizang 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
  2. 02
    China 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
  3. 03
    Xi'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
  4. 04
    Shaanxi 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Tang Banquet

From Wikivoyage: Xianyang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

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) → Xianyang
    224 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · ¥105–140
  • Luoyang (Laocheng) → Xianyang
    345 km · quickest by road, 5h 35m · ¥150–200
  • Zhengzhou → Xianyang
    455 km · quickest by road, 7h 11m · ¥195–260
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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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Tiger Leaping Gorge and QiaotouCN

    10 ways of moving, 22 sources

    1,136 km
  2. 02
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,408 km
  3. 03
    Sa PaVN

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    1,413 km
  4. 04
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    1,442 km
  5. 05
    ZiroIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,574 km

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Around it

Next door to Xianyang

Xianyang is 22 km from Xi’an, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.