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: ç®ä½å; Traditional Chinese: ç°¡é«å; pinyin: jiÇntÇzì; also called ç®åå/ç°¡åå, jiÇnhuà zì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin (æ¼é³, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hà nyÇ PÄ«nyÄ«n (æ±è¯æ¼é³, 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: æ²³å; 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: å±±ä¸; Traditional Chinese: å±±æ±; 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 (xià n). ...
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.