Yangling District, formerly known as Yangling Special Zone, was established in March 1979, with Yangling Town and Yangling Commune in Wugong County as administrative areas. 1June, 982, merged with Wuquan Commune in Fufeng County to form Yangling District. The establishment of Yangling Town began in the Qing Dynasty, and it was named after Emperor Tailing of the Sui Dynasty. Located in the middle of Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province, it is 82km from the provincial capital Xi in the east and 86km from Baoji in the west, with an area of 134 km2. Yangling District belonged to Baoji as an independent county-level administrative system in 1982, and to Xianyang in 1983. 1997 is under the jurisdiction of Yangling District. 1July, 997 13, the State Council officially approved the establishment of Yangling district, which was incorporated into the management of national high-tech zones, with a planned area of 22. 12 square kilometers. Yangling District has provincial-level economic management power, prefecture-level administrative management power and some provincial-level administrative management power, and implements a "province-oriented" leadership system, but the administrative division is still under Xianyang City. Longhai Railway, Xibao Passenger Dedicated Line and Xibao expressway pass through the territory, and the infrastructure in the area is good. Northwest A&F University is one of the 39 "985 Project" universities in China.