Encyclopedia > List of administrative divisions of Shaanxi
The administrative divisions of Shaanxi, a province of the People's Republic of China, consists of prefecture-level divisions subdivided into county-level divisions then subdivided into township-level divisions. Shaanxi (Simplified Chinese: é西; Traditional Chinese: é西; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shensi, pronounced like Shahn-shee) is a north-central province of the Peoples Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as... A province, in the context of China, is a translation of sheng (ç shÄng), which is an administrative division of China. ...
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Shaanxi (Simplified: 陕西; Traditional: 陝西; Hanyu Pinyin: Shǎnxī; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shensi, pronounced like "Shahn-shee") is a north-central province of the People's Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of the province.
Shaanxi (and the city of Xi'an therein) are considered one of the cradles of Chinese civilization.
Nearly all the people in Shaanxi are comprised of ethnic Han Chinese, with pockets of Hui population in the north western region (adjacent to Ningxia).