X’ian, China

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city

Xi’an is a major historic city in central China, best known as the ancient capital of several dynasties and home to the famed Terracotta Army.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Xi'an	12
Xi’an	2
Chang'an	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
administrativeStatus	prefecture-level city ⓘ sub-provincial city ⓘ
climate	temperate continental monsoon climate ⓘ
contains	Bell Tower of Xi'an ⓘ City Wall of Xi'an ⓘ Daming Palace site ⓘ Drum Tower of Xi'an ⓘ City Wall of Xi'an ⓘ surface form: Fortifications of Xi'an Giant Wild Goose Pagoda ⓘ Small Wild Goose Pagoda ⓘ Terracotta Army ⓘ surface form: Terracotta Army site
country	China ⓘ
culturalSignificance	major center of Chinese history and culture ⓘ
formerName	Chang'an ⓘ Xijing ⓘ
hasAirport	Xi'an Xianyang International Airport ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site components nearby ⓘ
hasIndustry	aerospace industry ⓘ electronics industry ⓘ high-tech industry ⓘ
hasMuseum	Terracotta Army ⓘ surface form: Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses Shaanxi History Museum ⓘ
hasTransport	Xi'an Metro ⓘ
hasUniversity	Northwest University (China) ⓘ Northwestern Polytechnical University ⓘ Xi'an Jiaotong University ⓘ
historicalRole	capital of the Qin dynasty region ⓘ capital of the Sui dynasty ⓘ capital of the Tang dynasty ⓘ capital of the Western Han dynasty ⓘ capital of the Zhou dynasty ⓘ one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Shaanxi Province ⓘ
knownFor	Terracotta Army ⓘ ancient capital of multiple Chinese dynasties ⓘ starting point of the Silk Road ⓘ
language	Standard Chinese ⓘ surface form: Mandarin Chinese
localDialect	Central Plains Mandarin ⓘ
locatedIn	Shaanxi Province ⓘ central China ⓘ
near	Qinling Mountains ⓘ
populationRankInChina	one of the largest cities ⓘ
river	Wei River ⓘ
timeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
tourism	major tourist destination in China ⓘ
utcOffset	+8 ⓘ