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Hanzhong

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Hanzhong (; abbreviation: Han) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shaanxi province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the south and Gansu to the west.

Key facts

Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Shaanxi
Settlement.seat_type
Municipal seat
Settlement.seat
Hantai District
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Zhong Hongjiang ()
Settlement.leader_title1
Party Secretary
Settlement.leader_name1
Vacant
Settlement.established_date
c. 800 BC
Settlement.area_total_km2
27246
Settlement.area_urban_km2
3359
Settlement.area_metro_km2
3359
Settlement.elevation_m
511
Settlement.elevation_max_m
2038
Settlement.population_as_of
2020 census
Settlement.population_total
3211462
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.population_metro
1084448

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Official name
汉中市
Country
China
Located in
Shaanxi
Population
3211462
Area
27096.43
Elevation
500
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Official website
www.hanzhong.gov.cn
Image
Tianhan bridge in Hanzhong2021.jpg
Dialing code
0916
Licence plate code
陕F
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twinned administrative body
Izumo
Commons category
Hanzhong
topic's main category
Category:Hanzhong
postal code
723000
inception
1996-00-00
category of associated people
Category:People from Hanzhong
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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Pre-Qin dynasty (before 220 BC)
  • Qin and Han dynasties (220 BC – 200 AD)
  • Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties (618–1368)
  • Ming and Qing dynasties, and post-imperial era (1368–present)
  • Administration
  • Economy
  • Military industry
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Cityscape
  • Transport
  • Education
  • Sights
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Hanzhong (; abbreviation: Han) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shaanxi province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the south and Gansu to the west.

The founder of the Han dynasty, Liu Bang, was once enfeoffed as the king of the Hanzhong region after overthrowing the Qin dynasty. During the Chu-Han contention, Liu Bang shortened his title to the King of Han (), and later used it as the name of his imperial dynasty. In this way, Hanzhong was responsible for the naming of the Han dynasty, which was later hailed as the first golden age in imperial Chinese history and lends its name to the principal ethnic group in China.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hanzhong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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