main cities of hebei: chengde , qinhuangdao , shijiazhuang , baoding , tangshan , handan , zhangjiakou
shijiazhuang is the capital of hebei province 280 km (174 miles) southwest of beijing. it is a major railroad junction for northern china, and home of china’s largest pharmaceutical factor and a center for the study of traditional chinese medicine.
e south. construction of a second rail line between nearby zhengding and the northern city of taiyuan in 1907 led to further expansion of the city. since the founding of the people’s republic in 1949, shijiazhuang has become a political and economic center of hebei province, and a center of the pharmaceutical industry.
shijiazhuang is the capital of hebei province 280 km (174 miles) southwest of beijing. it is a major railroad junction for northern china, and home of china’s largest pharmaceutical factor and a center for the study of traditional chinese medicine.
shijiazhuang situated in the middle south of hebei province; on the huabei plain; between 3804' north latitude and 11429' east longitude; with beijing and tianjin in the north and the bohai sea and huabei oil field east; leaning against the taihang range and bordering on the shanxi province in the west.
with neighboring areas beijing and tianjin municipalities; shandong, henan, shanxi, and liaoning provinces; inner mongolia autonomous region, shijiazhuang located in the temperate zone, enjoying the continental climate; four seasons clearly demarcated with cold winter and hot summer; with frost-free period of 200 days.
the population of shijiazhuang now grows to 8.60 million, including many minority nationalities: han, hui, manchu, korean and mongolian.
shijiazhuang originally set up in earlier ming dynasty; used to be the collecting and distributing center for goods to yan, zhao and san jin; having the fame of "the thoroughfare between north and south, the throat of yan (shandong province) and jin (shanxi province)"; used to be called "shijia city", "shimen city", etc.
the main mountains of shijiazhuang are mt. taihang and mt. cangyanshan, and the main rivers: hutuohe river, cihe river, dashahe river, jiaohe river, huaishahe river, yehe river and gantaohe river. shijiazhuang local highlights: xuanhua pear, honey peach, date, walnut, apple, jingjing lahua - the northern yangge.
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