Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, prefecture-level city, located in the central Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province, is the origin of China's earth seat, its territory east and Tongchuan City, Weinan City, neighboring, west and Baoji City border, north with Gansu Province, Qingyang City, Pingliang City, adjoining, and south of Xi'an City, the terrain of the north is high and the south is low, in the shape of a ladder, is a continental monsoon climate. The city has 3 districts, 9 counties and 2 county-level cities under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 10,196 square kilometers and a resident population of 4.169 million as of the end of 2022. Xianyang City has 985 Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University and Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, undergraduate colleges and universities such as Xianyang Normal College and Tibet University for Nationalities Xianyang was the capital of China's first feudal dynasty, the Qin Empire. During the Warring States period, the capital was set at Xianyang in the twelfth year of Duke Xiaodong of Qin's reign (350 years ago) from Liyang. The city is located in the hinterland of the 800-mile Qin River in Shaanxi Province, with the Weishui River running through the south and the Sanbian Mountain stretching across the north, and the mountains and water are all sunny, so it is called Xianyang. Xianyang is at the beginning of the long river of Chinese history and culture, and is an important birthplace of Qin and Han culture. Xianyang nurtured China's farming civilization, and Houji, the founder of agriculture, taught his people harvest here. Xianyang is a Grade A open city to the outside world in China, a national historical and cultural city, a national model city for double embracing, a national sanitary city, a charming city in China, a geothermal city in China, a top ten livable city in China, one of the first batch of China's excellent tourist cities, an advanced city in the creation of national spiritual civilization, and a famous city of Chinese health culture.In November 2017, Xianyang was awarded the Fifth National Civilized City; in 2018, it was reconfirmed as a National Health City.In 2023, it was rated as a third-tier city. In 2023, Xianyang realized a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 287.826 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 4.3% at comparable prices.