Population: 34.4 million
Urban population: 12 million
Nationalities:Han, Hui, Mongolian and ManchuArea: 190,000 square
kilometers
Climatic features: temperate, semi-arid, monsoonal climate in the north changes to
subtropical, humid, monsoonal climate in the south
Average temperature: -11oC to 3.5oC in January, 21oC
to 28oC in July
Annual average rainfall: 400 - 1,000 mm; precipitation highest in the southern
mountain areas, lowest along the northern border; most of the rain falls occurs from July
to September.
Physical features: plateaus in the north, plains in the central area, and mountains
in the south
Mountains: the Qinling Range is an important geographical divide between northern
and southern China and the major watershed of the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
Rivers: Yellow River, along the northeastern border; Luohe, Jinghe and Weihe
Rivers, which are tributaries of the Yellow River
Products: wheat, corn, sorghum, rice, millet, potatoes, soybeans, rape, peanuts,
tea, sugar cane, sesame, peas; cotton, ramie, ambary hemp, silk cocoons, walnuts, peaches,
grapes, dates, chestnuts; palm, raw lacquer, bamboo, medicinal herbs; coal, iron,
graphite, salt, molybdenum, copper
Administrative divisions: 8 cities and 89 counties
Capital: Xi'an
Neighboring areas: Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Gansu Provinces; Ningxia Hui
and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions
Major cities: Xi'an, Xianyang, Baoji, Hanzhong, Tongchuan, Yan'an
Tourist attractions: terracotta army excavated near Xi'an; Mount Huashan, one of
the Five Sacred Mountians, east of Xi'an |
