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Shijiazhuang (Simplified Chinese: 石家庄; Traditional Chinese: 石家莊; Hanyu Pinyin: ShÃjiÄ?zhuÄ?ng, literally, "The Shi Family Village") is a prefecture-level city about 320 kilometers south of Beijing and the capital of Hebei province. Its population was estimated at around 9 million in total and at 2.1 million for the urban area (city proper) in 2004.
Shijiazhuang is a relatively new city, established in the 1950s. Its name still retains the character for "village" (zhuang, T: 莊 / S: 庄). After becoming the capital of Hebei province in the 1970s, it expanded rapidly. The population of the urban core increased from half a million to 2.1 million in only 30 years.
Shijiazhuang is an important industrial city and is considered the economic center of Hebei. Main industries include textile-, pharmaceutical- and chemical-related industries.
As a young industrial city, Shijiazhuang city proper is generally considered to have relatively few sights of historical or cultural interest. Exceptions are:
Martyrs' Memorial (Lieshi Lingyuan) dedicated to Norman Bethune and Dwarkanath Kotnis
Hebei Museum (Hebei Sheng Bowuguan)
However, several sites of historical and cultural significance are located in the surrounding area, including:
Longxing Monastery in Zhengding, 15 kilometers to the north
Mount Cangyan, 50 km to the southwest
Zhaozhou Bridge, 40 km to the southeast
Bailin(Cypress Grove) Temple, 40 km to the southeast
Shijiazhuang is a transportation hub: it is at the intersection point of the Beijing-Guangzhou , Taiyuan-Dezhou, and Shuozhou-Huanghua railroads and many expressways, including the Beijing-Shenzhen and Taiyuan-Cangzhou Expressways. The airport has flight connections to major cities in China.
Shijiazhuang is a relatively new city, established in the 1950s. Its name still retains the character for "village" (zhuang, T: 莊 / S: 庄). After becoming the capital of Hebei province in the 1970s, it expanded rapidly. The population of the urban core increased from half a million to 2.1 million in only 30 years.
Shijiazhuang is an important industrial city and is considered the economic center of Hebei. Main industries include textile-, pharmaceutical- and chemical-related industries.
As a young industrial city, Shijiazhuang city proper is generally considered to have relatively few sights of historical or cultural interest. Exceptions are:
Martyrs' Memorial (Lieshi Lingyuan) dedicated to Norman Bethune and Dwarkanath Kotnis
Hebei Museum (Hebei Sheng Bowuguan)
However, several sites of historical and cultural significance are located in the surrounding area, including:
Longxing Monastery in Zhengding, 15 kilometers to the north
Mount Cangyan, 50 km to the southwest
Zhaozhou Bridge, 40 km to the southeast
Bailin(Cypress Grove) Temple, 40 km to the southeast
Shijiazhuang is a transportation hub: it is at the intersection point of the Beijing-Guangzhou , Taiyuan-Dezhou, and Shuozhou-Huanghua railroads and many expressways, including the Beijing-Shenzhen and Taiyuan-Cangzhou Expressways. The airport has flight connections to major cities in China.
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