Hebei
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/24125
- Note
- "Hebei /həˈbeɪ/ (Chinese: 河北; lit. ´River North´; alternately Hopeh) is a coastal province of the People´s Republic of China, and is part of the North China region. The modern province was established in 1911 as Chihli Province (Zhili Province). Its capital and largest city is Shijiazhuang. Its one-character abbreviation is "冀" (Jì), named after Ji Province, a Han dynasty province (zhou) that included what is now southern Hebei. The name Hebei literally means "north of the river", referring to its location entirely to the north of the Yellow River.
The province was one of the first regions in China where civilization developed. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, it was ruled by the states of Yan and Zhao, and has long been in the northern borders of the Zhongyuan culture. Since Beijing and its surrounding regions were often chosen as the capital, Hebei has served an important role of containing and protecting the city since the Jin dynasty. During the Yuan dynasty, it was called Zhongshu Province; during the Ming Dynasty, it was North Zhili; and during the Qing dynasty, it was Zhili Province. The province was renamed "Hebei" in 1928." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021) - Latitude
- 38.042221069336
- Longitude
- 114.50861358643
- Inhabitants
- 69,890,000
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