Shijiazhuang

Shijiazhuang (石家庄   ; Pinyin  : Shíjiāzhuāng) is the capital of the province Hebei in China. One speaks the dialect there about Shijiazhuang of the Mandarin jilu. Shijiazhuang is a city since 1939. It bears the name Shijiazhuang since 1947, after being called Shimen. Shijazhuang is a relatively recent city, created in the Années 1950 and become the capital of the province of Hebei in the Années 1970.

Demography

The population resident of the prefecture was estimated in at the end of 2005 at: 9273000 inhabitants, and that of the town of Shijiazhuang with: 2241000 inhabitants.

Economy

Shijazhuang is the economic center of the province of Hebei. The city shelters many factories of industries pharmaceutical, chemical and textile.

In 2005, total GDP was of 178,4 billion Yuan S, and the GDP per capita of: 18564 yuans.

Transport

The capital of Hebei is located on the way of railroad connecting Beijing (Beijing), in north, Canton (Guangzhou) in the south. The large highways connecting Beijing to Shenzhen (in the province of the Guangdong) and Taiyuan in the Shanxi with Cangzhou in Hebei also pass by Shijiazhuang. The airport connects Shijazhuang to the major part of the Chinese big cities.

Administrative divisions

The city-prefecture of Shijiazhuang exerts its jurisdiction on twenty-three subdivisions - six districts, five city-counties and twelve counties  :
  • the district of Chang' year - 长安区 Cháng' ān Qū   ;
  • the district of Qiaodong - 桥东区 Qiáodōng Qū   ;
  • the district of Qiaoxi - 桥西区 Qiáoxī Qū   ;
  • the district of Xinhua - 新华区 Xīnhuá Qū   ;
  • the district of Yuhua - 裕华区 Yùhuá Qū   ;
  • the district of Jingxingkuang - 井陉矿区 Jǐngxíngkuàng Qū   ;
  • the town of Xinji - 辛集市 Xīnjí Shì   ;
  • the town of Gaocheng - 藳城市 Gàochéng Shì   ;
  • the town of Jinzhou - 晋州市 Jìnzhōu Shì   ;
  • the town of Xinle - 新乐市 Xīnlè Shì   ;
  • the town of Luquan - 鹿泉市 Lùquán Shì   ;
  • the county of Jingxing - 井陉县 Jǐngxíng Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Zhengding - 正定县 Zhèngdìng Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Luancheng - 栾城县 Luánchéng Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Xingtang - 行唐县 Xíngtáng Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Lingshou - 灵寿县 Língshòu Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Gaoyi - 高邑县 Gāoyì Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Shenze - 深泽县 Shēnzé Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Zanhuang - 赞皇县 Zànhuáng Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Wuji - 无极县 Wújí Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Pingshan - 平山县 Píngshān Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Yuanshi - 元氏县 Yuánshì Xiàn   ;
  • the county of Zhao - 赵县 Zhào Xiàn .

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