陕南 (Shǎnnán) · Shannan, the southern part of Shaanxi province

Shaanxi is informally split into three belts: 陕北 (loess plateau, dry, Yellow River culture), 关中 (Wei River plain, Xi'an, wheat-noodle culture), and 陕南 (Qinling-Bashan mountains, rice paddies, Yangtze tributaries). Geographically and culturally Shannan is closer to Sichuan than to the rest of Shaanxi.

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汉中 Hàn zhōng

Hanzhong

Major city of Shannan; the historical base from which Liu Bang launched his campaign that founded the Han dynasty - and the source of the dynasty's name.