Shaanxi | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 23/06/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaanxi


00:03:33 1 Name
00:05:12 2 History
00:07:13 2.1 Pre-historic site
00:07:50 3 Geography
00:10:35 4 Administrative divisions
00:11:13 4.1 Urban areas
00:11:22 5 Politics
00:12:42 6 Economy
00:14:16 6.1 Economic and technological development zones
00:14:28 6.1.1 Baoji Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone
00:15:21 6.1.2 Shaanxi Xi'an Export Processing Zone
00:16:42 6.1.3 Western Triangle
00:17:19 6.1.4 Xi'an Economic and Technological Development Zone
00:18:08 6.1.5 Xi'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone
00:19:01 6.1.6 Xi'an Software Park
00:20:14 6.1.7 Yangling Agriculture Hi-Tech Industrial Zone
00:20:52 7 Demographics
00:21:32 7.1 Religion
00:22:46 8 Culture
00:23:08 9 Tourism
00:24:26 10 Media
00:25:02 11 Education
00:25:12 11.1 Tertiary education
00:25:22 12 Sports
00:25:59 13 See also



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Shaanxi (Chinese: 陝西; pinyin: Shǎnxī; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʂàn.ɕí] (listen); alternately Shensi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China. Officially part of the Northwest China region, it lies in central China, bordering the provinces of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), Ningxia (NW), and Inner Mongolia (N). 
Shaanxi covers an area of over 205,000 km2 (79,151 sq mi) with about 37 million people, the 16th highest in China. Xi'an – which includes the sites of the former Chinese capitals Fenghao and Chang'an – is the capital and largest city in the province. Xianyang, which served as the Qin dynasty capital, is located nearby. The other prefecture-level cities into which the province is divided are Ankang, Baoji, Hanzhong, Shangluo, Tongchuan, Weinan, Yan'an and Yulin.
Shaanxi comprises the Wei Valley and much of the surrounding fertile Loess Plateau, stretching from the Qin Mountains and Shannan in the south to the Ordos Desert in the north. Along with areas of adjacent Shanxi and Henan provinces, it formed the cradle of Chinese civilization, with its Guanzhong region sheltering the capitals of the Zhou, Han, Jin, Sui, and Tang dynasties in addition to the Qin. It does not include the full territory of the Yellow River's Ordos Loop, with the Great Wall of China separating it from the grasslands and deserts of Inner Mongolia.
The vast majority of the population of Shaanxi is Han Chinese. Mandarin is mainly spoken in Shaanxi, including Zhongyuan Mandarin and Southwestern Mandarin; another variety of Chinese, Jin, is also spoken. 
Shaanxi is China's 15th largest economy, ranking within the middle among China's administrative divisions. The fossil fuel and high technology sectors compose the two largest industries in Shaanxi province. The high technology sector includes aircraft and aerospace industries, and Shaanxi produces more than 50% of the R&D and manufacturing equipment for the country's domestic commercial air industry.Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi is one of the oldest cities in China, and the oldest of the Four Great Ancient Capitals. Since the 1990s, as part of the economic revival of inland China especially for the central and northwest regions, the city of Xi'an has re-emerged as an important cultural, industrial and educational centre of Shaanxi and the central-northwest region. It is the most populous city in Northwest China.