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Shaanxi
Province
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Location:
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Situated on the Northwest
China Loess highland, this province
on the middle reaches of the Yellow
River. |
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Area:
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206,000 sq km |
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Climate:
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Shaanxi has a continental
monsoonal climate, with great difference
between the areas north and south of
the Qinling range. It has a mean annual
temperature of 6¡ã£16¡ã,
increasing from north to south, and
a mean annual precipitation less in
the north than in the south: 340-600
mm in northern Shaanxi, 570-700 mm in
the Guanzhong Plain and 800-1,210 mm
in southern Shaanxi. |
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provincial capital:
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Xi'an |
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Population:
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36.05 millions (March
2001) |
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Ethnic groups:
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Han, Hui, Man,Zhuang,
Tibetan, Mongol other ethnic groups.
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Major Cities:
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Agriculture:
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Northern Shaanxi is a
farming-pastoral area growing millet,
broom corn millet and sheep, and contains
vast areas for developing forestry and
animal husbandry. The Guanzhong Plain
with its long reclamation history and
highly developed agriculture is one
of China's best-known wheat and cotton
growers. It is also famous for its cattle
and donkeys. |
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Industry:
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Mineral deposits,
including coal, mercury, molybdenum,
gold and more than 80 kinds of other
minerals have been discovered in the
province. The Shenmu and Fugu coal fields
in northern Shaanxi have a total reserve
of more than 160 billion tons of quality
coal containing extra low sulfur, phosphorous
and ash contents. A huge reserve of
natural gas has also been found in the
province. |
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