History
Yangling received its name as the family burial site of founding emperor Yang Jian (楊堅) of the Sui Dynasty.
Starting in 1979, Yangling went through several administrative region changes until it became a district to the City of Xianyang in 1983. In 1997 the Yangling High Tech Agriculture Sector Demonstration District was established in Yangling District as a testing ground for new agriculture technology and techniques.
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