Shijiazhuang

Province

Shijiazhuang (Chinese石家庄市/石家庄市, pinyin Shijiazhuang Shi ) is the capital of Hebei province of the People's Republic of China. The administrative area of the prefecture-level city has an area of 15,848 km ² and approximately 9.77 million inhabitants ( end of 2009).

Administrative Divisions

At county level, Shijiazhuang consists of six districts, twelve circles and five independent cities together. These are:

City Chang'an District (长安区), 110 km ², 410,000 inhabitants, the seat of the city government;
Municipality Qiaodong (桥东区), 43 km ², 320,000 inhabitants;
Municipality Qiaoxi (桥西区), 53 km ², 450,000 inhabitants;
Municipality Xinhua (新华区), 92 km ², 460,000 inhabitants;
City Yuhua District (裕华区), 101 km ², 430,000 inhabitants;
Municipality Jingxingkuang (井陉矿区), 56 km ², 100,000 inhabitants;
Circle Jingxing (井陉县), 1381 km ², 320,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Weishui (微水镇);
Zhengding county (正定县), 568 km ², 440,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Zhengding (正定镇);
Circle Luancheng (栾城县), 347 km ², 320,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Luancheng (栾城镇);
Circle Xingtang (行唐县), 1025 km ², 410,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Longzhou (龙州镇);
Circle LINGSHOU (灵寿县), 1546 km ², 310,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community LINGSHOU (灵寿镇);
Circle Gaoyi (高邑县), 222 km ², 180,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Gaoyi (高邑镇);
Circle Shenze (深泽县), 296 km ², 250,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Shenze (深泽镇);
Zanhuang County (赞皇县), 1210 km ², 230,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Zanhuang (赞皇镇);
Circle Wuji (无极县), 524 km ², 480,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Wuji (无极镇);
District Pingshan (平山县), 2951 km ², 450,000 inhabitants, capital: large village Pingshan (平山镇);
Circle Yuanshi (元氏县), 849 km ², 390,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Huaiyang (槐阳镇);
Circle Zhao (赵县), 714 km ², 560,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Zhaozhou (赵州镇);
Xinji City (辛集市), 951 km ², 610,000 inhabitants;
Gaocheng (藁城市) 836 km ², 740,000 inhabitants;
Jinzhou City (晋州市), 619 km ², 510,000 inhabitants;
Xinle City (新乐市), 625 km ², 450,000 inhabitants;
Luquan City (鹿泉市), 603 km ², 360,000 inhabitants.

Others

The city was founded in 1925, formally declared the city on 7 October 1939 at that time under the name Shimen (石门). On December 26, 1947, the city was renamed in Shijiazhuang. Xibaipo - an important place of Chinese revolution - in the liberation war was the seat of the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

The between 1986 to 1993, built over the years, about 270 km long highway, which connects Shijiazhuang to Beijing, was the first major Chinese highway project. On January 1, 1989, there were in all of China 147 km highway, currently an average of approximately 5,000 km of new lines will be completed in the country every year.

Twinning

Japan Nagano, Japan, since 1981
Canada Saskatoon, Canada, since 1985
United States Des Moines, United States, since 1985
Italy Parma, Italy, since 1987
United Kingdom Corby, United Kingdom, since 1994
Flag of South Korea Cheonan, South Korea, since 1997
Mexico Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, since 1997
Sweden Falkenberg, Sweden, since 2002
Vietnam Nam Định, Vietnam, since 2004

Air table

Structures

TV Tower Shijiazhuang

Place in Hebei
District -free city (China)
Million city
Shijiazhuang

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