Where is Weicheng?

Weicheng is located in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province.

Weicheng District, affiliated to Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, is located on the north bank of the Wei River in the central part of Guanzhong, in the eastern half of Xianyang City, in the triangle area where the Jing River and the Weishui River meet. It borders Gaoling District of Xi'an City to the east, Qindu District to the west, faces Xi'an across the Wei River to the south, and is adjacent to Liquan and Jingyang to the north.

It is between 108°40′03"-108°57′36" east longitude and 34°19′47"-34°29′17" north latitude. It is about 26.73 kilometers long from east to west and wide from north to south. About 17.92 kilometers, covering an area of ??272 square kilometers. Weicheng District is located in the core area of ??Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone and Xixian New Area. The largest airport in the northwest, Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, is located in the territory.

Geological Structure

Weicheng District belongs to the Weihe River Fault Basin, which was formed by the substantial uplift of the Qinling Mountains during the Cenozoic Himalayan Movement. It was not until the Quaternary tectonic movement and various external forces that the northern loess plateau and the southern alluvial plain were differentiated. The structural basis of the northern loess plateau is the Liquan fault step part of the Weibei fault block. Slow relative uplift occurred during the Quaternary and Pleistocene, and the former Tertiary lake basin emerged from the water.

Because the terrain is flat, it is conducive to the accumulation of loess, so the loess layers of the Middle and Late Pleistocene were accumulated on top of the lacustrine sedimentary layers of the Neogene and Early Pleistocene. It covers an area of ??80-100 meters, and 7-8 layers of ancient soil have developed due to climate fluctuations. The Quaternary sediments are 200-400 meters thick.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Weicheng District