Yanliang District () is one of nine

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Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...

, the capital of

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

province, China. The northernmost and least-populous of Xi'an's

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s, it borders the

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Xianyang Xianyang ( zh, s=咸阳 , p=Xiányáng) is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an. Once the capital of the Qin dynasty, it is now int ...

to the west and

Weinan Weinan ( zh, s=渭南 , p=Wèinán) is a prefecture-level city in east-Guanzhong, central Shaanxi, Shaanxi province, northwest China. The city lies on the lower section of the Wei River confluence into the Yellow River, about east of the provinc ...

to the northeast and

Lintong District Lintong District (), formerly Lintong County, is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China. The district was approved to establish from the former ''Lintong County'' () by th ...

to the south. Yanliang District is home to the

Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer and developer of large and medium-sized airplanes. It is based in Yanliang, Xi'an, Shaanxi. In 2020, under a reform, the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of ...

, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned aircraft manufacturing company

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. The company is involved in major military and civilian aircraft projects and operates an airfield on the company campus for aircraft testing and internal transportation. Entry into the campus as heavily restricted because of its heavy involvement with state and military information. Aircraft manufacturing is the most prominent industry in Yanliang, and serves as one of its biggest, if not the biggest source of employment.

Yanliang railway station Yanliang railway station is a railway station located in Yanliang District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, serving the Xianyang–Tongchuan railway and the Houma–Xi'an railway. First opened in 1941, the station building was rebuilt twice, first in 197 ...

, which is served by the Houma–Xi'an railway and

Xianyang–Tongchuan railway The Xianyang–Tongchuan railway () is a railway line in Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hu ...

, is located in the district.

History

Yanliang District was the site of the Qin capital of

Yueyang Yueyang, formerly known as Yuezhou or Yochow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern shores of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze river in the northeastern corner of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China. Yueyang has an administrative ...

Administrative divisions

As of 2021, Yanliang District is divided to 7 subdistricts. ;As of October 2021, Yanliang District has seven streets under its jurisdiction:

References

Districts of Xi'an {{Shaanxi-geo-stub