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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Cities in Hebei, Qinhuangdao, Shijiazhuang, Chengde, Cangzhou, Baoding, Zhangjiakou, Tangshan, Hengshui, Langfang, Xingtai, Botou, Hebei, Handan, Kangbao Town, Dingzhou, Yangping, Zhuozhou, Gaobeidian, Hebei, Donglu, Gaocheng, Sanhe, Hebei, Renqiu, Huanghua, Hebei, Shenzhou City, Jizhou, Hebei, Zunhua, Xinle City, Jinzhou, Hebei, Anguo, Wu'an, Xinji, Luquan, Hebei, Shahe, Hebei, Nangong, Bazhou, Hebei, Malanyu, Dushikou, Shacheng, Wangtan, Laoting County, Tongkou, Anzhou, Beiguozhuang, Zhangbei Town. Excerpt: Shijiazhuang (simplified Chinese: pinyin: Shiji zhu ng) is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about 280 kilometres (170 mi) south of Beijing. Shijiazhuang Prefecture contains the Shijiazhuang metropolitan area, the Jingxing Mining District, five county-level cities, and twelve counties, and has a total population of 10 million, with 2.88 million in the metro area in 2010. Shijiazhuang is a newly industrialised city. It experienced dramatic growth after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The population of the metropolitan area has more than quadrupled in only 30 years. It is a central hub of transportation routes. The city is home to large garrison of military troops in case of need to protect Beijing. It has a number of PLA colleges and universities. In pre-Han times (i.e., before 206 BC) it was the site of the city of Shiyi in the state of Zhao, and, from Han (206 BC-AD 220) to Sui (581-618) times, it was the site of a county town with the same name. With the reorganization of local government in the early period of the Tang dynasty (618-907), the county was abolished. Shijiazhuang then became little more than a local market town, subordinated to the flourishing city of Zhengding (modern Zhengding) a few miles to ...
