Xian'an District

Xian'an 咸安区
District
Rice fields in Xian'an District
Xian'an Location in Hubei
Coordinates: 29°54′33″N 114°22′33″E / 29.90917°N 114.37583°E / 29.90917; 114.37583Coordinates: 29°54′33″N 114°22′33″E / 29.90917°N 114.37583°E / 29.90917; 114.37583
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hubei
Prefecture-level city	Xianning
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Xian'an (Chinese: 咸安; pinyin: Xián'ān) is a district of the city of Xianning, Hubei, People's Republic of China.

An "ancient temple" under construction

Xian'an District includes Xianning's central urban area (thus, it usually is not marked separately from Xianning on less detailed maps) and nearby villages.

Transportation

• Wuhan–Xianning Intercity Railway (Xianning East and Xianning South stations)
• Beijing-Guangzhou Railway (Xianning Station)
• Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway (Xianning North Railway Station)

Sights

Underground...

At the "Underground Project 131" site, some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Xianning urban area, tourists can visit a system of underground tunnels that were built in 1969-71 to accommodate national military headquarters in the case of a war, but never used.^[1]

References

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