Shíjíāzhuāng Shì - 石家庄市
Nickname: S-City
Shijiazhuang highlighted as part of the Hebei Province
Coordinates: 38°04′″N 114°29′″E / Expression error: Unexpected / operator, Expression error: Unexpected / operator
Country	People's Republic of China
Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
City Seat	Changan District
Government
- Mayor	Ji Chuntang (冀纯堂)
- CPC Committee Secretary	Wu Xianguo (吴显国)
Area
- City
- Urban
Elevation
Population (2004)
- City	9,090,200
- Urban	2,172,800
Time zone	UTC + 8, H (UTC+8)
Postal code	050000
License Plate Prefix	冀A
Other City Symbols City Flower: Rosa Chinensis City Tree: Styphnolobium
Website: http://www.sjz.gov.cn/

Shijiazhuang (Simplified Chinese: 石家庄; Traditional Chinese: 石家莊; Pinyin: Shíjiāzhuāng, literally, "The Shi Family Village" or "Stone Family Village") is a prefecture-level city about 320 kilometers south of Beijing and the capital of Hebei province. Shijiazhuang was established in the Second Sino-Janpanese War as a communication outpost, it retained such as position as today, for it has a complex railway system. This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x613, 56 KB) Shijiazhuang city, the capital of Hebei province, China Made by myself File links The following pages link to this file: Shijiazhuang ... Not to be confused with the unrelated province of Hubei Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: Hébĕi; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh), is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... CPC may be an acronym for: Canada Post Corporation Choroid plexus cyst Clinical-Pathological Conference College Preparatory Center Communist Party of China Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Communist Party of Canada Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) Computer Process Controls Conservative Party of Canada Community Patent Convention Cost Per Click Custom... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... Crowded Shibuya, Tokyo shopping district An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Species Styphnolobium affine - Coralbean Styphnolobium japonicum - Pagoda Tree Styphnolobium monteviridis Styphnolobium is a small genus of three or four species of small trees and shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, formerly included within a broader interpretation of the genus Sophora. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... A kilometer (Commonwealth spelling: kilometre), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; IPA: ;  ), a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... This article is about a city that serves as a center of government and politics. ... Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A province, in the context of China, is a translation of sheng (省 shÄ›ng), which is an administrative division of China. ...

Name and history

Shijiazhuang is a relatively new city, whose main growth began in the 1950s, but really dates to the 1920s when it was still (Simplified Chinese: 十家庄; Traditional Chinese: 十家莊; Pinyin: Shíjiāzhuāng, literally, "Ten Family Village"). What was literally a tiny village of little more than ten families found itself at the junction of three major rail lines and thereafter its growth soared. Once it became so large that "ten family village" was no longer a suitable name, the "Shi" meaning "ten" was changed to "Shi" meaning "stone". But the name still retains the character for "village" (zhuang, T: 莊 / S: 庄). English speakers are known to have a notorious bad pronunciation of the city's name, therefore most people refer to Shijiazhuang as "Shi-City" or the "S-City". The city is actually pronounced along the lines of "shuh-JAH-jwaung". This does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Shijiazhuang was the first large town or city to fall to the Communists in the North in 1949, and thereafter was long considered a stronghold of support for the Communist Party. 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. In 1989, one of the two garrisons despatched to quell the student and worker uprising in Beijing came from Shijiazhuang. Its population was estimated at around 9 million in total and at 2.1 million for the urban area (city proper) in 2004. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Administration

Night view

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• Chang'an District (长安区, pinyin: Cháng'ān Qū)
• Qiaodong District (桥东区, pinyin: Qiáodōng Qū)
• Qiaoxi District (桥西区, pinyin: Qiáoxī Qū)
• Xinhua District (新华区, pinyin: Xīnhuá Qū)
• Yuhua District (裕华区, pinyin: Yùhuá Qū)
• Jingjingkuang District (井陉矿区, pinyin: Jǐngjìngkuàng Qū)
• Xinji City (辛集市, pinyin: Xīnjí Shì)
• Gaocheng City (藳城市, pinyin: Gàochéng Shì)
• Jinzhou City (Chinese: 晋州; Pinyin: Jìnzhōu)
• Xinle City (新乐市, pinyin: Xīnlè Shì)
• Luquan City (鹿泉市, pinyin: Lùquán Shì)
• Jingjing County (井陉县, pinyin: Jǐngjìng Xiàn)
• Zhengding County (正定，pinyin: Zhèngdìng)
• Luancheng County (栾城县, pinyin: Luánchéng Xiàn)
• Xingtang County (行唐县, pinyin: Xíngtáng Xiàn)
• Lingshou County (灵寿县, pinyin: Língshòu Xiàn)
• Gaoyi County (高邑县, pinyin: Gāoyì Xiàn)
• Shenze County (深泽县, pinyin: Shēnzé Xiàn)
• Zanhuang County (赞皇县, pinyin: Zànhuáng Xiàn)
• Wuji County (无极县, pinyin: Wújí Xiàn)
• Pingshan County (平山县, pinyin: Píngshān Xiàn)
• Yuanshi County (元氏县, pinyin: Yuánshì Xiàn)
• Zhao County (赵县, pinyin: Zhào Xiàn)

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Economy

Shijiazhuang is an important industrial city and is considered the economic center of Hebei. Main industries include textile-, pharmaceutical- and chemical-related industries. Economics (deriving from the Greek words οίκω [okos], house, and νέμω [nemo], rules hence household management) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. ... “fabric” redirects here. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ...

People and culture

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, Eric Liddell, and Dwarkanath Kotnis
• Hebei Museum (Hebei Sheng Bowuguan)

However, several sites of historical and cultural significance are located in the surrounding area, including: Dr. Norman Bethune 1922 Henry Norman Bethune, MD (March 3, 1890 – November 12, 1939) was a Canadian physician, medical innovator, and humanitarian. ... Eric Henry Liddell, circa 1923. ... Dwarkanath S. Kotnis (October 10, 1910 in Solapur District, Southern Maharashtra, India – December 9, 1942, in China), Chinese name: 柯棣华, Pinyin: Kē Dì Huá, was one of five Indian physicians dispatched to China for providing medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War. ...

• 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 has had a history of competition with Baoding, a smaller but a much older city, as the most important city in Hebei. The two cities have been involved numerous times with gang violence. The Longxing Monastery (Chinese: 隆興寺; pinyin: ) is an ancient Buddhist monastery located near the town of Zhengding in Hebei Province, China, approximately 15 kilometers north of the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang. ... Zhengding (Chinese: 正定; pinyin: ) is a county in Hebei Province approximately 260 kilometers south of Beijing, China. ... A kilometer (Commonwealth spelling: kilometre), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Cangyan Shan or Mount Cangyan (Chinese: 苍岩山; pinyin: , literally: Green Cliff Mountain) is a scenic area in Jingxing County, Hebei Province, China, famous for its combination of natural mountain scenery with historical man-made structures. ... The Zhaozhou Bridge (Chinese: 赵州桥; Pinyin: ) is the worlds oldest open-spandrel segmental arch bridge located in Hebei Province, China. ... Baoding prefecture in Hebei province Baoding (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, China. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with gang. ...

Sister cities

• Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Bielsko-Biala, Poland
• Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Edison, New Jersey, United States
• Soria, Castilla y León, Spain

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Transportation

Downtown Shijiazhuang

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 Shijiazhuang Daguocun International Airport has flight connections to major cities in China. Download high resolution version (1220x863, 113 KB)Taken by uploader in summer of 2003. ... Download high resolution version (1220x863, 113 KB)Taken by uploader in summer of 2003. ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; IPA: ;  ), a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Location within China Taiyuan (Chinese: ; pinyin: Tàiyuán; Wade-Giles: Tai-yüan) is a prefecture-level city in China, capital of the Shanxi province. ... Dezhou (Chinese: ; pinyin: Dézhōu) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Shuozhou is a Chinese city in the north of the Chinese province Shanxi, upstream of the Fen River. ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; IPA: ;  ), a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China, located at the border with Hong Kong. ... Location within China Taiyuan (Chinese: ; pinyin: Tàiyuán; Wade-Giles: Tai-yüan) is a prefecture-level city in China, capital of the Shanxi province. ... Cangzhou (Chinese: 沧州; pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, China. ... Shijiazhuang Daguocun International Airport is an airport in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People’s Republic of China (IATA: SJW, ICAO: ZBSJ). ...

External links

• Official site

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