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About Xian
Xian (Chinese: 西安), formerly romanized as Sian, is the capital of Shaanxi province, located in the northwest of the Peoples Republic of China, in the center of the Guanzhong Plain. One of the oldest cities in China, the city was known as Changan before the Ming dynasty
Xian is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, having held the position under several of the most important dynasties in Chinese history, including Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang. Xian is the starting point of the Silk Road and home to the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
Since the 1990s, as part of the economic revival of interior China especially for the central and northwest regions, the city of Xian has re-emerged as an important cultural, industrial and educational centre of the central-northwest region, with facilities for research and development, national security and Chinas space exploration program. Xian currently holds sub-provincial status, administering 9 districts and 4 counties. According to the 2010 Census, Xian has an urban population of 5,566,711 in its built-up area made of 7 out of 10 districts (all but Yanliang, Lintong and Gaoling not urbanized yet), while the total population of the Municipality is up to 8,467,837. It is the most populous city in Northwest China, as well as one of the three most populous cities in Western China
According to a July 2012 report by theEconomist Intelligence Unit, it was recently named as one of the 13 emerging megacities, or megalopolises, in China. The report pinpoints and highlights the demographic and income trends that are shaping these cities development.
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