clark and stephen xi'an

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By: Clark Asplundh & Stephen Lestyan


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General Information

y The city covers 1,066 square kilometers

y It has a population of 7,141,400

y 13 dynasties placed their capitals here

y Xian is situated in the middle of the Yellow River valley and at the center of Shaanxi Plain

y The museum of Terra Cotta Warriors and horses, which is praised as the eighth wonder of theworld


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Climate

Xi'an has a temperate,semi-arid climateinfluenced by the East

Asian monsoon. Snow israre but even more

rarely stays. Dust stormsoften occur duringMarch and April as the

city rapidly warms up.Summer months also

experience frequent butshort thunderstorms.


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Transportation and

infrastructure

y Transportation and infrastructure

y Underpass around the Bell Tower

y Xi'an Railway Station

y Xi'an has many areas that are easily accessible on foot. In many commercial,residential, educations zones in the city, especially in the shopping andentertainment districts around the Bell Tower

y There has been a significant increase in the number of privately-owned vehiclesamong middle and upper class households in Xi'an. Electric bikes are very popularamong students and offer easy transportation in and around the city for many

residents.


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Metro

y Currently there are major construction works alongChang-An street for the first metro system in Xi'an, to becompleted by 2020.

y Work started on the 2nd route in 2007, and is predicted tobe finished in 2011. The 1st route has started in early 2009.


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Train

y There are 6 passenger transport railway stations inXi'an, and Xi'an Railway Station is one of the eightmajor national railway stations.

y Xi'an Railway Station covers 5970 square miles, has 5passenger platforms, and 24 tracks. It provides servicesto 80 thousand people daily


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Expressways

Xi'an has two ring road systems, the Second Ring road andthe Third Ring road which encircle the city. Ring roads aresimilar to freeways, but they have lights.

y Xi'an has built expressways to Lintong, Tongchuan andBaoji. Since its construction in September 2007, the Xi-HanExpressway connects Han Zhong and Xi'an through theQinling Mountains. At 15 kilometers long the Zhongnan

ShanTunnel is the longest tunnel in AsiA.


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Airporty Xi'an Xianyang International Airport is the is the largest

airport in the northwestern part of China. Chang'an (theold name of the city ) Airlines and China Eastern Airlinesare the main airlines using the airport.

y Germany's Fraport, the operator of Frankfurt Airport, haspaid 490 million yuan to obtain a 24.5-percent stake in theXianyang International Airport, offering opportunities to

upgrade and expand the facility.


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Architecturey Styles of architecture that dominate urban Xi'an

y For Qin and Han Style, the roof is black, and nodecorations are used under the roof. For Tang style, redroofs may be seen but a majority retain the use of theblack or dark green roof; buildings were designed to belarge and monumental.

QinTang


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New Architecturey The Sino-Soviet style,

popular from the1950s to 70s, is oftenused in the west of

the city in factoriesbuilt with the help of

theUSSR. Modernarchitectural formscan be found in the

High-Tech Zone andthe Economic-Development zone.


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Sports

y Cuju is a very old footballgame:

y Professional sports teams in

Xi'an:y Chinese Football

Association Super League

y Chinese PingpongAssociation Super League

y Chinese BasketballAssociation

y Xi'an is also the ChineseBoxing training base for the

national team.

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