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Xingtai (Simplified Chinese: 邢台; Pinyin: Xíngtai) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, China. 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. Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin (拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d , literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Categories: China geography stubs | Cities in China ... Hengshui is a city in Hebei province, China. ... Handan (Simplified Chinese: 邯郸; Traditional Chinese: 邯鄲; pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city located in the southwestern part of Hebei Province of China. ... Shandong (Simplified Chinese: 山东; Traditional Chinese: 山東; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern Peoples Republic of China. ... Shanxi (Chinese: 山西; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shansi) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...


Administration

The prefecture-level city of Xingtai, with a total area of 12,486 square kilometers, administers 2 districts, 2 county-level cities and 15 counties. A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d , literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China. ... District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ... A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin: xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. ... In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xiàn). ...

  • Qiaodong District (桥东区)
  • Qiaoxi District (桥西区)
  • Nangong City (南宫市)
  • Shahe City
  • Ren County (任县)
  • Wei County (威县)
  • Xingtai County (邢台县)
  • Boxiang County (柏乡)
  • Qinghe County (清河)
  • Ningjin County (宁晋)
  • Longyao County (隆尧)
  • Lincheng County (临城)
  • Guangzong County (广宗)
  • Linxi County (临西)
  • Neiqiu County (内丘)
  • Pingxinag County (平乡)
  • Julu County (巨鹿)
  • Xinhe County (新河)
  • Nanhe County (南和)


Shahe (沙河) is a city in Xingtai Prefecture (邢台市) in southern Hebei province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Prefecture-level divisions of Hebei
Prefecture-level cities: Baoding | Cangzhou | Chengde | Handan | Hengshui
Langfang | Qinhuangdao | Shijiazhuang | Tangshan | Xingtai | Zhangjiakou
List of Hebei County-level divisions

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Xingtai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (131 words)
Xingtai (Simplified Chinese: 邢台; pinyin: Xíngtai) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, China.
The prefecture-level city of Xingtai, with a total area of 12,486 square kilometers, administers 2 districts, 2 county-level cities and 15 counties.
In the late 1990s Xingtai became the focus of attention for a local blood bank's use of blood contaminated with the HIV virus, causing many residents to develop AIDS.
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