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Xi’an 西安

Xi’an is the capital of Shaanxi province, located in the northwest of China, in the center of the Guanzhong Plain. One of the oldest cities in China,  Xi’an is the oldest of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. Xi’an is the starting point of the Silk Road and home to the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. There are around 81,500 people belonging to ethnic minorities living in Xi’an, including 50,000 Hui peoplewho are muslim.

Xi’an has a population of 8,627,500 and the Xi’an-Xianyang metropolitan area has a population of 13,569,700.[6][7] It is the most populous city in Northwest China, as well as one of the three most populous cities in Western China.

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Guangzhou 广州

Guangzhou is one of the major birthplaces of China’s ancient “maritime Silk Road”. Located on the Pearl River, about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou serves as an important national transportation hub and trading port. It is one of the fiveNational Central Cities.

Guangzhou is the third largest Chinese city, after Beijing and Shanghai, and the largest city in South Central China. In 2014 the city’s administrative area was estimated to have a population of 13,080,500.

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Hami 哈密

Hami (Kumul) is a prefecture-level city in easternXinjiang, People’s Republic of China. It is well known as the home of sweetHami melons.

It has a population of about 519,700 of which 68.4{2a820490f75fc24b7a4835b35536182b9d21a7840194abd07e075ac351cf03fd} were Han Chinese and 31.6{2a820490f75fc24b7a4835b35536182b9d21a7840194abd07e075ac351cf03fd} ethnic minorities-mostly Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Hui.

Hami by other names appeared on European maps in the 16th century, andMatteo Ricci in his account of the Portuguese Jesuit Benedict Goës visit to the city in 1605 used the an old spelling for the city.

 

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Lanzhou 兰州

LanZhou is the capital and largest city ofGansu Province in Northwest China.[1] The prefecture-level city, located on the banks of the Yellow River, is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. Historically, it has been a major link on the Northern Silk Road. The city is also a center for heavy industry and petrochemical industry. The city is home to Han Chinese, Muslims and Tibetan peoples

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