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How many cities are there in Shaanxi Province?

There are 10 prefecture-level cities in Shaanxi Province, namely xi 'an, Xianyang, Baoji, Weinan, Tongchuan, Yan 'an, Yulin, Hanzhong, Ankang and Shangluo.

Shaanxi Province, called Shaanxi or Qin for short, is located in the hinterland of China, in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, bordering Shanxi and Henan in the east, Ningxia and Gansu in the west, Sichuan, Chongqing and Hubei in the south and Inner Mongolia in the north, with a total area of 205,624.3 square kilometers. As of June, 2022, 1 1, Shaanxi Province has 10 prefecture-level cities, 3 1 municipal districts, 7 county-level cities and 69 counties.

Shaanxi Province is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese nation and Chinese culture, and the historical representative culture is Sanqin culture. Four regimes, including the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, successively established their capitals in Shaanxi Province. It is the geodetic origin of China's latitude and longitude datum, and also the seat of Beijing Time National Time Service Center.

Climatic characteristics of Shaanxi province;

Shaanxi province spans three climatic zones, and the climate between north and south is quite different. Southern Shaanxi has a tropical climate in North Asia, Guanzhong and northern Shaanxi have a warm temperate climate, and northern Shaanxi has a temperate climate along the Great Wall. The general characteristics of the climate are: warm and dry in spring, less precipitation, rapid and unstable temperature rise, windy and dusty weather; Summer is hot and rainy, with occasional summer drought; Autumn is cool and humid, and the temperature drops rapidly; Winter is cold and dry, with low temperature and scarce rain and snow.

The annual average temperature in the whole province is 9- 16℃, decreasing from south to north and from east to west. The annual average temperature in northern Shaanxi is 7- 12℃, Guanzhong 12- 14℃, and southern Shaanxi 14- 16℃.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shaanxi Province