Tianjin is a municipality and metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. As such,it is not part of a province of China. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China,with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the 2020 Chinese census. Its metropolitan area,which is made up of 12 central districts,was home to 11,165,706 inhabitants and is also the world's 29th-largest agglomeration and 11th-most populous city proper.
Hebei is a province in North China. Hebei is China's sixth most-populous province,with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese,3% Manchu,0.8% Hui,and 0.3% Mongol. Varieties of Chinese spoken include Jilu Mandarin,the Beijing dialect of Mandarin,and Jin Chinese.
Qinhuangdao is a port city on the coast of China in northern Hebei. It is administratively a prefecture-level city,about 300 km (190 mi) east of Beijing,on the Bohai Sea,the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. Its population during the 2020 national census was 3,136,879,with 1,881,047 people living in the built-up area made up of 4 urban districts.
Shijiazhuang is the capital and most populous city of China's Hebei Province. A prefecture-level city about 266 kilometres (165 mi) southwest of Beijing,it administers eight districts,three county-level cities and eleven counties.
Tangshan is a coastal,industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in the central area of the Bohai Rim and serves as the main traffic corridor to the Northeast. The city faces the Bohai Sea in the south,the Yan Mountains in the north,Qinhuangdao across the Luan River to the east,and Tianjin to the west.
Baoding is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province,approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) southwest of Beijing. As of the 2010 census,Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants,of which 2,176,857 lived in the metropolitan area made of 4 out of 5 urban districts:Lianchi,Jingxiu,Qingyuan,and Mancheng all of which are largely conurbated. Baoding is among 13 Chinese cities with a population of over 10 million,ranking seventh. Zhuozhou City in the northern part has now grown into part of the Beijing metro area.
Chengde,formerly known as Jehol and Rehe,is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province,situated about 225 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort,a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence. The permanent resident population is approximately 3,473,200 in 2017.
Weihai,formerly Weihaiwei,is a prefecture-level city and major seaport city in easternmost Shandong province of China. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow Sea to the east,and is the closest Chinese city to South Korea.
Cangzhou is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hebei province,People's Republic of China. At the 2020 census,Cangzhou's built-up area made of Yunhe,Xinhua districts and Cang County largely being conurbated had a population of 1,421,843 inhabitants,while the prefecture-level administrative unit in total has a population of 7,300,783. It lies approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the major port city of Tianjin,and 180 km (110 mi) from Beijing.
Tongzhou is a district of Beijing. It is located in southeast Beijing and considered the eastern gateway to the nation's capital. Downtown Tongzhou itself lies around 20 km (12 mi) east of central Beijing,at the northern end of the Grand Canal and at the easternmost end of Chang'an Avenue. The entire district covers an area of 906 km2 (350 sq mi),or 6% of Beijing's total area. It had a population of 673,952 at the 2000 Census,and has seen significant growth and development since then,growing to a population of 1,184,000 at the 2010 Census and 1,840,295 at the 2020 census. The district is subdivided into four subdistricts,ten towns,and one ethnic township.
Xingtai,formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde,is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province,People's Republic of China. It has a total area of 12,486 km2 (4,821 sq mi) and administers 4 districts,2 county-level cities and 12 counties. At the 2020 census,its population was 7,111,106 inhabitants. It borders Shijiazhuang and Hengshui in the north,Handan in the south,and the provinces of Shandong and Shanxi in the east and west respectively.
Sanhe is a county-level city administered by the Langfang prefecture-level city in eastern Hebei province,People's Republic of China. Sanhe city,Dachang Hui Autonomous County,and Xianghe County form the "Northern Three Counties of Langfang",an exclave of Hebei province surrounded by the Beijing and Tianjin municipalities.
Bazhou,formerly Ba County,is a county-level city in Hebei province,China. It is under the jurisdiction of Langfang prefecture-level city. As of 2002,it had a population of over 132,000.
Yongqing is a county in Hebei province,China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Langfang. It borders Guangyang District to the north,Anci District to the east,Bazhou to the south,and Gu'an County to the west,and has a population of 382,000 residing in an area of 774 km2 (299 sq mi).
Xianghe County is a county of central Hebei province. It is under the administration of Langfang prefecture-level city. Xianghe has 7 towns and 2 townships. It is 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of Beijing.
Dachang Hui Autonomous County is a Hui autonomous county of Hebei province. It is under the administration of Langfang prefecture-level city,and was established in 1955. The Hui Muslim county of Dachang was subjected to slaughter by the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Yanjiao is a town under the administration of Sanhe City in central Hebei province,bordering Tongzhou District,Beijing across the Chaobai River to the west,located 35.5 kilometers (22.1 mi) east of Tiananmen Square and 21 km (13 mi) west of the urban area of Sanhe. It has a population of 250,000,with long-term residents accounting for 147,000 and migrants constituting the remainder;97.9% of the population is of Han ethnicity. As of 2011,it has 55 villages under its administration.
Chenfu is a town of Dachang Hui Autonomous County in the centre of the Sanhe exclave of Hebei province,China. Chenfu is situated less than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of the county seat. The town spans an area of 23.76 square kilometres (9.17 sq mi),and has a hukou population of 12,569 as of 2018.
Xiong'an New Area is a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei,China. Established in April 2017,the area is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Beijing and 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of downtown Baoding. Its main function is to serve as a development hub for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji) economic triangle. Additionally,"non-core" functions of the Chinese capital are expected to migrate here,including offices of some state-owned enterprises,government agencies,and research and development facilities. The city is planned to be erected by 2035,and to be completed by the middle of the 21st century.
