Shaanxi

Shaanxi Province
	Shaanxi Province
Cheenese :	陕西省
	Shǎnxī Shěng
	Abbreviations: 陕/陝 or 秦 (pinyin: Shǎn or Qín)
Oreegin o name	陕 shǎn - Shanzhou (nou Shan Coonty, Henan); 西 xī - west; "wast o Shanzhou"
Admeenistration type	Province
Caipital; (an lairgest ceety)	Xi'an
CPC Ctte Secretary	Zhao Leji
Governor	Zhao Zhengyong (actin)
Aurie	205,800 km2 (79,500 sq mi) (11t)
- Latitude	31° 43' to 39° 35' N
- Longitude	105° 29' to 111° 14' E
Population (2010); - Density	37,327,378 (16t); 180 /km2 (470 /sq mi) (21st)
GDP (2010); - per caipita	CNY 1.00 trillion; US$ 148.1 billion (17t); CNY 27,133; US$ 4,008 (15t)
HDI (2008)	0.773 (medium) (22nt)
Ethnic composition	Han - 99.5%; Hui - 0.4%
Leids an dialects	{{{Dialects}}}
Prefectural level	10 diveesions
Coonty level	107 diveesions
Tounship level*	1745 diveesions
ISO 3166-2	CN-61
	Offeecial wabsteid; www.shaanxi.gov.cn (Simplifeed Cheenese)
	Source for population and GDP data: 《中国统计年鉴—2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005; ISBN 7503747382 Source for nationalities data: 《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China; ISBN 7105054255 *As at December 31, 2004
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No tae be ramfeeselt wi the neehbourin province o Shanxi.

This airticle conteens Cheenese text. Ithoot proper renderin support, ye micht can see quaisten merks, boxes, or ither seembols insteid o Cheenese chairacters.

Shaanxi^? (; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province in the central pairt o Mainland Cheenae, an it includes portions o the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches o the Yellow River in addition tae the Qinling Muntains athort the soothren pairt o this province. Shaanxi is the historical home, alang wi Gansu o the dialect o the Dungans, Hui fowk who emigratit oot o Cheenae tae Central Asie.

Name [edit]

Bi regular Hanyu Pinyin rules, if tone marks are no written, baith Shaanxi an the neighbourin province o Shanxi, tae the east of Shaanxi, shold be spelt "Shanxi"; the difference is in tone: Shānxī (山西) an Shǎnxī (陕西). Tae mak the difference clear athoot tonal marks, the spellin "Shaanxi" wis contrivit (follaein the romanization seestem o Yuen Ren Chao) for the province o Shǎnxī, while "Shanxi" is uised for the province o Shānxī. Shaanxi is the offeecial spellin on Cheenese Govrenment's offeecial web portal.^[1] This makes "Shaanxi" the anerlie name o Cheenese provinces that haes no been romanizit accordin tae pinyin rules.