Shijiazhuang
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Shijiazhuang (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: , literally, "The Rock Family Village") is a prefecture-level city about 320 kilometers south of Beijing and the capital of Hebei province. Its population was estimated at around 9 million in total and at 2.1 million for the urban area (city proper) in 2004.
Shijiazhuang is a relatively new city, established in the 1950s. Its name still retains the character for "village" (zhuang, T: 莊 / S: 庄). After becoming the capital of Hebei province in the 1970s, it expanded rapidly. The population of the urban core increased from half a million to 2.1 million in only 30 years.
Administration
Shijiazhuang has direct juridiction over:
- Chang'an District (长安区, pinyin: Cháng'ān Qū)
- Qiaodong District (桥东区, pinyin: Qiáodōng Qū)
- Qiaoxi District (桥西区, pinyin: Qiáoxī Qū)
- Xinhua District (新华区, pinyin: Xīnhuá Qū)
- Yuhua District (裕华区, pinyin: Yùhuá Qū)
- Jingjingkuang District (井陉矿区, pinyin: Jǐngjìngkuàng Qū)
- Xinji City (辛集市, pinyin: Xīnjí Shì)
- Gaocheng City (藳城市, pinyin: Gàochéng Shì)
- Jinzhou City (}; })
- Xinle City (新乐市, pinyin: Xīnlè Shì)
- Luquan City (鹿泉市, pinyin: Lùquán Shì)
- Jingjing County (井陉县, pinyin: Jǐngjìng Xiàn)
- Zhengding County (正定，pinyin: Zhèngdìng)
- Luancheng County (栾城县, pinyin: Luánchéng Xiàn)
- Xingtang County (行唐县, pinyin: Xíngtáng Xiàn)
- Lingshou County (灵寿县, pinyin: Língshòu Xiàn)
- Gaoyi County (高邑县, pinyin: Gāoyì Xiàn)
- Shenze County (深泽县, pinyin: Shēnzé Xiàn)
- Zanhuang County (赞皇县, pinyin: Zànhuáng Xiàn)
- Wuji County (无极县, pinyin: Wújí Xiàn)
- Pingshan County (平山县, pinyin: Píngshān Xiàn)
- Yuanshi County (元氏县, pinyin: Yuánshì Xiàn)
- Zhao County (赵县, pinyin: Zhào Xiàn)
Economy
Shijiazhuang is an important industrial city and is considered the economic center of Hebei. Main industries include textile-, pharmaceutical- and chemical-related industries.People and culture
As a young industrial city, Shijiazhuang city proper is generally considered to have relatively few sights of historical or cultural interest. Exceptions are:
- Martyrs' Memorial (Lieshi Lingyuan) dedicated to Norman Bethune, Eric Liddell, and Dwarkanath Kotnis
- Hebei Museum (Hebei Sheng Bowuguan)
- Longxing Monastery in Zhengding, 15 kilometers to the north
- Mount Cangyan, 50 km to the southwest
- Zhaozhou Bridge, 40 km to the southeast
- Bailin(Cypress Grove) Temple, 40 km to the southeast
Transportation
Shijiazhuang is a transportation hub: it is at the intersection point of the Beijing-Guangzhou , Taiyuan-Dezhou, and Shuozhou-Huanghua railroads and many expressways, including the Beijing-Shenzhen and Taiyuan-Cangzhou Expressways. The airport has flight connections to major cities in China.
External links
Prefecture-level divisions of Hebei
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| List of Hebei County-level divisions |
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