Handan

Handan (Chinese邯郸 市/邯郸 市, pinyin Handan shì ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hebei province. Handan has about 8.5 million inhabitants, of which 1357960 (1 Jan 2005) in the inner city districts. During the period of Warring States in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, it was the capital of the kingdom of Zhao (赵). In the city there is a steel industry, which is favored by the nearby coal mining. The mining company Handan Iron and Steel Company is headquartered in Handan.

Handan bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Taming.

Geography and administrative divisions

The administrative area of Handan City has an area of ​​12,087 km ², of which 450 km ² inner city area. The city is made up of four city districts, 14 districts and one independent city together:

  • Municipality Congtai (丛台 区/丛台 区), 28 km ², approximately 330,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • City Hanshan District (邯山区/邯山区), 32 km ², 290,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • City District Fuxing (复兴 区/复兴 区), 37 km ², 250,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Municipality Fengfeng Kuang (峰峰 矿区/峰峰 矿区), 353 km ², approximately 500,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • District Handan (邯郸 县/邯郸 县), 522 km ², approximately 380,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Circle Linzhang (临漳县/临漳县), 744 km ², approximately 580,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Circle Cheng_an (成 安县/成 安县), 485 km ², 360,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • District Daming (大名 县/大名 县), 1052 km ², approximately 740,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Circle She (涉县/涉县), 1509 km ², approximately 380,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Ci (磁县/磁县), 1035 km ², 630,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Circle Feixiang (肥乡县/肥乡县), 496 km ², approximately 310,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Yongnian county (永年 县/永年 县), 898 km ², approximately 830,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Circle Qiu (邱县/邱县), 448 km ², 200,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Circle Jize (鸡泽县/鸡泽县), 337 km ², 250,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Circle Guangping (广 平县/广 平县), 320 km ², 250,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Circle Guantao (馆陶 县/馆陶 县), 456 km ², 290,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Wei County (魏县/魏县), 862 km ², 800,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • Quzhou County (曲周 县/曲周 县), 667 km ², approximately 400,000 inhabitants (2003 );
  • City Wu'an (武安市/武安市), 1806 km ², approximately 710,000 inhabitants (2003 ).

Capital of the ancient State of Zhao

The site of the capital of the State of Handan Zhao ( Zhao Handan Gucheng赵 邯郸 故城) from the time of the Warring States since 1961 is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 1-149 ).

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