Hebei
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Hebei Province, referred as Ji (冀) as its abbreviated name, is located in North China. Its name, 河北, or north of the river in Chinese, is derived from its location: north of the Yellow River.
Shijiazhuang is the capital city of Hebei Province.
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Hebei Province is in North China at longitude 113 ° 04 'to 119 ° 53' and latitude 36 ° 01 'to 42 ° 37', to the north of the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It covers an area of 187,700 square kilometres. The western part of Hebei is the Taihangshan Mountains (太行山). The Northern part is Yanshan Mountains (燕山), and the area to the north of Yanshan Mountains is Zhangbei Plateau (张北高原). The rest area with a size of 43% of Hebei is the plain. The highest elevation in Hebei is Xiaowutai peak (小五台) (2,870m above the sea level), and the elevation for the plain area is less than 100 meters.
Hebei province borders Liaoning to the northeast, Inner Mongolia to the north, Shanxi to the west, Henan to the south, and Shandong to the southeast, and Bohai Bay of the Yellow Sea is to the east. Beijing and Tianjin, two of the four provincial-level municipalities in China (which also border each other), are completed encircled inside Hebei.
Hebei is of temperate monsoon climate with distinct four seasons. Winter is cold and dry without too much snow; Summer is hot and rainy; Spring is windy with occasional dust storms; Fall is balmy and mild. The annual rainfall averages between 300 ~ 800 mm, and the temperature ranges between 32F to 56F. The best time to travel to Hebei is during fall to enjoy the clear, mild and pleasant climate.
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| • Baoding (保定) | • Cangzhou (沧州) | • Chengde (承德) | • Handan (邯郸) |
| • Hengshui (衡水) | • Langfang (廊坊) | • Qinhuangdao (秦皇岛) | • Shijiazhuang (石家庄) |
| • Tangshan (唐山) | • Xingtai (邢台) | • Zhangjiakou (张家口) |
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In addition to Han Chinese, there are Manchu, Hui, Mongolian, Zhuang, Korean, Miao, Tujia, and other 53 ethnic minorities, which account for about 4% of the total population. Hebei Province administers six ethnic minority autonomous counties.
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| City | Area Code | Postal Code | City | Area Code | Postal Code | |
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| Baoding (保定) | 312 | 071000 | Cangzhou (沧州) | 317 | 061000 | |
| Chengde (承德) | 314 | 067000 | Handan (邯郸) | 310 | 056000 | |
| Hengshui (衡水) | 318 | 053000 | Langfang (廊坊) | 316 | 065000 | |
| Qinhuangdao (秦皇岛) | 335 | 066000 | Shijiazhuang (石家庄) | 311 | 050000 | |
| Tangshan (唐山) | 315 | 063000 | Xingtai (邢台) | 319 | 054000 | |
| Zhangjiakou (张家口) | 313 | 075000 |
