Shaanxi, this name dates back to the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. According to "Guoyu", in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty used "Shaanxi Plain" (in today's Shaanxian County, Henan Province) as its boundary. The area east of Shaanxi Plain is called "Shaanxi" and is under the jurisdiction of Duke Zhao; the area west of Shaanxi Plain is called "Shaanxi" and is under the jurisdiction of Duke Zhou. Shaanxi got its name from this.
The terrain of Shaanxi Province is high in the north and south and low in the middle. It is composed of plateaus, mountains, plains and basins. Among them, the Loess Plateau accounts for 40% of the province’s land area, spanning the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. The water system spans three climate zones. The northern part of Shaanxi along the Great Wall has a mid-temperate monsoon climate, Guanzhong and most of northern Shaanxi have a warm temperate monsoon climate, and southern Shaanxi has a north subtropical monsoon climate.
Shaanxi is one of the important birthplaces of the Chinese nation and Chinese culture. 14 regimes, including the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, established their capitals in Shaanxi.
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Shaanxi location and realm: Shaanxi Province is located in central China, in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and in the south it crosses the Han River Basin, a tributary of the Yangtze River, and the Qinba Mountain area in the upper reaches of the Jialing River.
It faces Shanxi Province across the Yellow River to the east, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Gansu Province to the west, and Sichuan Province to the south by the main ridges of Micang Mountain and Daba Mountain. It borders Hubei Province and Henan Province to the southeast. It is between 105°29′-111°15′ east longitude and 31°42′-39°35′ north latitude, with a total area of ??205,603 square kilometers.
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