City
Xi’an
China
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Ming Dynasty City Wall of Xi'an; Giant Wild Goose Pagoda; Bell Tower and Drum Tower; Great Mosque of Xi'an; Guanzhong and Qinling flora; Silk Road
- Viewpoint
- Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Xi’an, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in weeping willows trailing into the city wall moat, ancient ginkgoes, and scholar trees.
Population9,600,000Wikidata: 12,952,907
Coordinates34.26°N, 108.93°E
Elevation405 m
Area10,097 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:44clock runs 0.7 h ahead of the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Xi’an and you surface nearest to Coltauco, Chile — 4 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Xianyang | CN | 23 km |
| Weinan | CN | 60 km |
| Baoji | CN | 156 km |
| Qingyang | CN | 200 km |
| Hanzhong | CN | 220 km |
| Shiyan | CN | 248 km |
| Tianshui | CN | 295 km |
| Luoyang | CN | 325 km |
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