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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by jiejie
Xi'an airport IS in the middle of nowhere.
XIY is only 17km from the city of Xianyang, after which the airport is named. Granted, Xianyang is not as interesting as Xi'an today, but it was the first capital of China (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xianyang).
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