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Xi'an or Xian (西安) is the capital of Shaanxi province, China.

Xian or Xi'an may also refer to:

Places

• Counties of China, known in Chinese as xiàn (县/縣)
• Xian (state) (弦), a minor state during the Zhou dynasty
• Xian County (献县/獻縣), a county in the Cangzhou prefecture, Hebei province, China
• Xi'an District, Mudanjiang (西安区), in Heilongjiang, China
• Xi'an District, Liaoyuan (西安区), formerly Xi'an County, in Jilin, China

People

• Emperor Xian (disambiguation), posthumous name of several Chinese rulers
• Xian (surname) (咸; 冼), a Chinese surname
• Ashina Xian, a Western Turk khagan also appointed general by the Tang dynasty
• Bi Xian (802–864), official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty
• Dong Xian (23 BC – 1 BC), Han Dynasty politician
• Dou Xian (died 92 AD), Chinese general and consort kin of the Eastern Han Dynasty
• Luo Xian (died 270), military general of the Jin dynasty of China
• Ruan Xian (fl. 3rd century), Chinese scholar who lived in the Six Dynasties period
• Sheng Xian (fl. 190s–200s), official who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty
• Ho Kun Xian (mononymously known as Xian; born 1990), Singaporean video game player
• Xian Gaza (born 1993), Filipino internet personality and businessman
• Xian Lim (born 1989), Filipino-American actor, model, TV host and singer

Other uses

• Xian (abbreviation), a form of the given name Christian
• Xi'an (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Xian (Taoism) (仙), an immortal or enlightened person

See also

• All pages with titles containing Xian
• All pages with titles beginning with Xian
• Du Xian (disambiguation)
• Li Xian (disambiguation)
• Liu Xian (disambiguation)
• Prince Xian (disambiguation)
• Wu Xian (disambiguation)
• Zhang Xian (disambiguation)
• Counties of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 县; traditional Chinese: 縣; pinyin: Xiàn), an administrative division in China
• County (Taiwan) (縣; Xiàn), an administrative division in Taiwan