Hebei
Hebei (Hanzi: 河北 ; pinyin: Héběi) is a province in China that wraps around the cities of Beijing and Tianjin, two of China's four "municipalities". The name Hebei means "North of the (Yellow) River" in Chinese.[1] It was formed in 1928 after the central government dissolved Chihli province.[1] The old name, Chihli or Zhili, which means "directly administered" referred to its status under the Qing dynasty.[2] Hebei province borders Liaoning province on the northeast.[1] On the north it borders Inner Mongolia.[1] To the west it borders Shanxi province.[1] It borders the provinces of Henan to the south and Shandong to the southwest.[1] Shijiazhuang is the capital of the province.
The abbreviated name of Hebei is Ji (冀), since there is another province that also has the syllable "He" (河) in it, Henan (河南). Due to Hebei completely surrounding Beijing and Tianjin, the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin and the province of Hebei are often lumped together and called Jingjinji, with the "Jing" being Beijing, the "Jin" being Tianjin, and the "Ji" being the abbreviation of Hebei.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Hebei Province". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ The Territories of the People's Republic of China (London; New York: Europa Publications, 2005), p. 108
Other websites
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- [How to say (pronounce) Hebei], https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zh-Hebei.ogg
- Hebei Government website Archived 2003-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
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