Hanzhong
Sign in to saveHanzhong (; 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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17 sectionsContents
- 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.