Hebei (help·info) (Cheenese: 河北; pinyin: Héběi; Postal map spelling: Hopeh) is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae in the North Cheenae region. Its ane-character abbreviation is "冀" (jì), namit efter Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province (zhou) that includit wha is nou soothren Hebei. The name Hebei means "north o the river", referrin tae its location completely abuin the Yellae River.[2]
Hebei Province 河北省 | |
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| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Cheenese | 河北省 (Héběi Shěng) |
| • Abbreviation | 冀 (pinyin: Jì) |
.svg) Map shawin the location o Hebei Province | |
| Named for | 河 hé—"(Yellae) River" 北 běi—"north" "north o the Yellae River" |
| Caipital (an lairgest ceety) | Shijiazhuang |
| Divisions | 11 prefecturs, 172 coonties, 2207 tounships |
| Govrenment | |
| • Secretar | Zhang Yunchuan (张云川) |
| • Govrenor | Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 187700 km2 (72,500 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 12th |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 71,854,202 |
| • Rank | 6th |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 11th |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic composeetion | Han: 96% Manchu: 3% Hui: 0.8% Mongol: 0.3% |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-13 |
| GDP (2011) | CNY 2.40 trillion US$ 379 billion[1] (6th) |
| • per capita | CNY 28,668 US$ 4,235 (12t) |
| HDI (2008) | 0.810 (high) (10t) |
| Website | www.hebei.gov.cn (Simplifeed Cheenese) english.hebei.gov.cn (Inglis) |
| Hebei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cheenese | 河北 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Héběi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Hopeh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| alternative Chinese names | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 1. 直隸 2. 燕趙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 1. 直隶 2. 燕赵 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | 1. Zhílì 2. Yānzhào | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 1928, Hebei wis formit efter the central govrenment dissolvit the province o Chih-li (直隸), which means "Directly Ruled (bi the Imperial Court)".
A common alternate name for Hebei is Yānzhào (燕趙), efter the state o Yan an state o Zhao that existit here durin the Warrin States Period o early Cheenese history.
Admeenistrative diveesions
Hebei is made up o 11 prefectur-level diveesions, which are aw prefectur-level ceeties:
| Map | # | Name | Admeenistrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||
| — Prefectur-level ceety — | |||||
| 1 | Shijiazhuang | Chang'an Destrict | 石家庄市 Shíjiāzhuāng Shì |
10,163,788 | |
| 2 | Baoding | Xinshi Destrict | 保定市 Bǎodìng Shì |
11,194,379 | |
| 3 | Cangzhou | Yunhe Destrict | 沧州市 Cāngzhōu Shì |
7,134,053 | |
| 4 | Chengde | Shuangqiao Destrict | 承德市 Chéngdé Shì |
3,473,197 | |
| 5 | Handan | Hanshan Destrict | 邯鄲市 Hándān Shì |
9,174,679 | |
| 6 | Hengshui | Taocheng Destrict | 衡水市 Héngshǔi Shì |
4,340,773 | |
| 7 | Langfang | Anci Destrict | 廊坊市 Lángfāng Shì |
4,358,839 | |
| 8 | Qinhuangdao | Haigang Destrict | 秦皇島市 Qínhuángdǎo Shì |
2,987,605 | |
| 9 | Tangshan | Lunan Destrict | 唐山市 Tángshān Shì |
7,577,284 | |
| 10 | Xingtai | Qiaodong Destrict | 邢台市 Xíngtái Shì |
7,104,114 | |
| 11 | Zhangjiakou | Qiaoxi Destrict | 张家口市 Zhāngjiākǒu Shì |
4,345,491 | |
These are subdividit intae 172 coonty-level diveesions (22 coonty-level ceeties, 108 coonties, 6 autonomous coonties an 36 destricts). Those are, in turn, dividit intae 2207 tounship-level diveesions (1 destrict public office, 937 touns, 979 tounships, 55 ethnic tounships, an 235 subdestricts).
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