Yan'an
geographical name
Yan'·an
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variants:
or Yenan
Definition of Yan'an
city in the province of Shaanxi, northeast central China population 337,000
Note: Yan'an served as headquarters of the Chinese Communists during the Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) and the subsequent civil war (1945–49).