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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Weicheng
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|渭城区}}}}
| settlement_type = [[District (PRC)|District]]
| image_skyline = Flickr - archer10 (Dennis) - DSCN6978 - Xian Airport.jpg
| image_map = ChinaXianyangWeicheng.png
| image_map1 = Location of Xianyang Prefecture within Shaanxi (China).png
| map_caption = Weicheng District within Xianyang
| map_caption1 = Xianyang in Shaanxi
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[China|People's Republic of China]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of China|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Shaanxi]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Prefecture-level city]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Xianyang]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 272
| population =
| population_as_of = 2017
| population_total = 216,000
| population_blank1_title =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| coordinates =
| elevation_ft =
| elevation_m =
| timezone = [[China standard time]]
| utc_offset = +8
| website = {{URL|www.weic.gov.cn/}}
| image_caption = [[Xi'an Xianyang International Airport]], {{ill|Dizhang Subdistrict|zh|底张街道}}
}}

'''Weicheng District''' ({{zh|t={{linktext|渭城|區}}|s={{linktext|渭城|区}}|p=Wèichéng Qū}}) is a district of [[Xianyang]], [[Shaanxi]], China.

The district is notable for a number of [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] and [[Han dynasty|Han]] era tombs.

== History ==
The area belonged to the {{Interlanguage link|Cheng (state)|lt=Cheng|zh|程国}}, also known as the state of Ying ({{Lang-zh|c=郢国|p=Yǐng Guó}}), during the [[Shang dynasty]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-12-13|title=|script-title=zh:古近代大事记|trans-title=Ancient and Modern Major Events|url=http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/mytc/201705/38920.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229001338/http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/mytc/201705/38920.html|archive-date=2021-12-29|access-date=2021-12-28|publisher=Weicheng District People's Government|language=zh}}</ref> The Cheng state, which included northern portions of present-day Weicheng District, was settled by the descendants of {{Interlanguage link|Wu Hui (ancient figure)|lt=Wu Hui|zh|吴回 (上古)}} sometime between 16th and 14th centuries BCE.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-12-13|title=|script-title=zh:古近代大事记|trans-title=Ancient and Modern Major Events|url=http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/mytc/201705/38920.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229001338/http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/mytc/201705/38920.html|archive-date=2021-12-29|access-date=2021-12-28|publisher=Weicheng District People's Government|language=zh}}</ref> Present-day {{Interlanguage link|Yaodian Subdistrict|zh|窑店街道}} was the site of a [[fief]] of the Cheng state.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-12-13|title=|script-title=zh:古近代大事记|trans-title=Ancient and Modern Major Events|url=http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/mytc/201705/38920.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229001338/http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/mytc/201705/38920.html|archive-date=2021-12-29|access-date=2021-12-28|publisher=Weicheng District People's Government|language=zh}}</ref>

During the [[Zhou dynasty]], [[King Wen of Zhou|King Wen]] oversaw the expansion of the dynasty to the west of the {{Interlanguage link|Feng River (Shaanxi)|lt=Feng River|zh|沣河 (渭河)}}, into present-day [[Xianyang]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-12-13|title=|script-title=zh:古近代大事记|trans-title=Ancient and Modern Major Events|url=http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/mytc/201705/38920.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229001338/http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/mytc/201705/38920.html|archive-date=2021-12-29|access-date=2021-12-28|publisher=Weicheng District People's Government|language=zh}}</ref> Him and [[King Wu of Zhou|King Wu]] were buried in a complex known as the {{Interlanguage link|Zhou tombs|zh|周陵}}, located in present-day {{Interlanguage link|Zhouling Subdistrict|zh|周陵街道}}.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-12-24|title=|script-title=zh:周陵|trans-title=Zhou tombs|url=http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/wcls/201801/5.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228234747/http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/wcls/201801/5.html|archive-date=2021-12-28|access-date=2021-12-28|publisher=Weicheng District People's Government|language=zh}}</ref> The complex contains two [[ancestral halls]] dedicated to the kings, as well as over 40 [[Stele|steles]], which were erected in their honor during the [[Song dynasty]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-12-24|title=|script-title=zh:周陵|trans-title=Zhou tombs|url=http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/wcls/201801/5.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228234747/http://www.weic.gov.cn/html/mlwc/wcls/201801/5.html|archive-date=2021-12-28|access-date=2021-12-28|publisher=Weicheng District People's Government|language=zh}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
Weicheng District administers the following 10 [[Subdistricts of China|subdistricts]]:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=|script-title=zh:2020年统计用区划代码（渭城区）|trans-title=2020 Statistical Division Codes (Weicheng District)|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2020/61/04/610404.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129190232/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2020/61/04/610404.html|archive-date=2020-11-29|access-date=2021-12-28|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]]|language=zh}}</ref>

* {{Interlanguage link|Zhongshan Subdistrict, Xianyang|lt=Zhongshan Subdistrict|zh|中山街道 (咸阳市)}} ({{Lang-zh|c=中山街道}})
* {{Interlanguage link|Wenhui Road Subdistrict|zh|文汇路街道}} ({{Lang-zh|c=文汇路街道}})
* {{Interlanguage link|Xinxing Subdistrict, Xianyang|lt=Xinxing Subdistrict|zh|新兴街道 (咸阳市)}} ({{Lang-zh|c=新兴街道}})
* {{Interlanguage link|Weiyang Subdistrict|zh|渭阳街道}} ({{Lang-zh|c=渭阳街道}})
* {{Interlanguage link|Weicheng Subdistrict|zh|渭城街道}} ({{Lang-zh|c=渭城街道}})
* {{Interlanguage link|Yaodian Subdistrict|zh|窑店街道}} ({{Lang-zh|c=窑店街道}})
* {{Interlanguage link|Zhengyang Subdistrict, Xianyang|lt=Zhengyang Subdistrict|zh|正阳街道 (咸阳市)}} ({{Lang-zh|c=正阳街道}})
* {{Interlanguage link|Zhouling Subdistrict|zh|周陵街道}} ({{Lang-zh|c=周陵街道|l=[[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] tomb Subdistrict}})
* {{Interlanguage link|Dizhang Subdistrict|zh|底张街道}} ({{Lang-zh|c=底张街道}})
* {{Interlanguage link|Beidu Subdistrict|zh|北杜街道}} ({{Lang-zh|c=北杜街道}})

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Weicheng District, Xianyang}}
{{Xianyang}}
{{County-level divisions of Shaanxi}}

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