| Xiezhuang Township, Zhao County 谢庄乡 | |
|---|---|
| Township | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture | Shijiazhuang |
| District | Zhao County |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
Xiezhuang Township, Zhao County (Chinese :谢庄乡) is a township-level division of Zhao County, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. [1]
Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases not mutually intelligible, language varieties, forming the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese is spoken by the Han majority and many minority ethnic groups in China. About 1.2 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.
Zhao County (Zhaoxian), a historic town called Zhaozhou (赵州) in the past, is located in the southwest of Hebei province 40 km (25 mi) southeast of the provincial capital Shijiazhuang, and 280 km (170 mi) south of Beijing. Its total land area is 675 km2 (261 sq mi) and total population is around 550,000. There are many historical sites in Zhao County, including the Zhaozhou (Anji) bridge (赵州桥), Yongtong Bridge (永通桥), Tuoluonijing Tower (陀罗尼经幢), and Bailin Temple (柏林寺). The county is also famous for its agricultural products: snowflake pears, asparagus，and high-quality wheat.
Shijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about 266 kilometres (165 mi) southwest of Beijing, and it administers eight districts, two county-level cities, and 12 counties.
