Yangling District () is a district of the city of
Xianyang
Xianyang () is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an. Once the capital of the Qin dynasty, it is now integrated into the Xi'an metrop ...
,
Shaanxi
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province,
People's Republic of China
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, located on the plains of
Wei River
The Wei River () is a major river in west-central China's Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. It is the largest tributary of the Yellow River and very important in the early development of Chinese civilization.
The source of the Wei River is close to ...
. It has an area of and a population of 155,000. The district is roughly to the west of the provincial capital
Xi'an
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.
History
Yangling received its name as the family burial site of founding emperor
Yang Jian () of the
Sui Dynasty
The Sui dynasty (, ) was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that lasted from 581 to 618. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin dynasty, and layi ...
.
Starting in 1979, Yangling went through several administrative region changes until it became a district to the City of Xianyang in 1983. In 1997 the
Yangling High Tech Agriculture Sector Demonstration District was established in Yangling District as a testing ground for new agriculture technology and techniques.
Administrative divisions
As of 2016, this District is divided to 2 subdistricts and 3 towns.
;Subdistricts
* Yangling Subdistrict ()
* Litai Subdistrict ()
;Towns
* Wuquan ()
* Dazhai ()
* Rougu ()
Economy
*Industrial Zone
**Yangling Agriculture Hi-Tech Industrial Zone
Yangling Agriculture Hi-Tech Industrial Zone was approved as a national-level hi-tech development zone by State Council in 1997. It is only away from Xi'an to the east and away from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.
[Yangling has an economic twinning community in the Netherlands, ]Lansingerland
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in terms of Agricultural Industry
Tourism
Tai Bai Mountains () are located nearby Yangling district (35–40 km).
Education
Yangling is home to the main campus of
Northwest A&F University
Northwest A&F University (NWAFU; ) is a key national public research university in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China, under the administration of the Ministry of Education.
NWAFU is a member of "Project 985" club, which is an origanization of 39 the mos ...
(NWAFU), established in 1934 by
Yang Hucheng () who was the general of the
Northwest Army under the
Kuomintang
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.
References
External links
Official website of Yangling District Government
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Districts of Shaanxi
Xianyang