Xi'an
Xi'an is a city in China and the capital of the Shaanxi Province. It has a population of 2,670,000 in the city proper.[source?] The metropolitan area has 6 million people.[1]
History
In past China, it was the capital of 13 dynasties, including the Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty. It was the eastern end of the Silk Road and was where the Terracotta Army was found inside the tomb of emperor Qin Shi Huang. Xi'an is regarded as one of the most oldest capitals in the world history together with the other three Athens, Rome and Cairo.
Name
Xi'an was called Chang'an in ancient times. In Classical Chinese it literally means "Perpetual Peace". But from 9 AD-23 AD, during the Xin Dynasty, it was renamed "Constant Peace" (it is said the same way). By the time of the Ming Dynasty it had been named Xi'an (which means "Western Peace"). It was named Xi'an because was in the western part of the Ming Empire.
Political divisions
Xi'an Municipality is divided into 9 districts and 4 counties.
- Beilin District
- Yanta District
- Weiyang District
- Baqiao District
- Xincheng District
- Lianhu District
- Chang'an District
- Yanliang District
- Lintong District
- Lantian County
- Zhouzhi County
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