Hebei

Hebei  (Cheenese: 河北; pinyin: Héběi; Postal map spelling: Hopeh) is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae in the North Cheenae region. Its ane-character abbreviation is "冀" (jì), namit efter Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province (zhou) that includit wha is nou soothren Hebei. The name Hebei means "north o the river", referrin tae its location completely abuin the Yellae River.^[2]

Hebei Province 河北省
Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	河北省 (Héběi Shěng)
• Abbreviation	冀 (pinyin: Jì)
Map shawin the location o Hebei Province
Named for	河 hé—"(Yellae) River" 北 běi—"north" "north o the Yellae River"
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Shijiazhuang
Divisions	11 prefecturs, 172 coonties, 2207 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Zhang Yunchuan (张云川)
• Govrenor	Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟)
Area
• Total	187700 km2 (72,500 sq mi)
Area rank	12th
Population  (2010)
• Total	71,854,202
• Rank	6th
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
• Density rank	11th
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han: 96% Manchu: 3% Hui: 0.8% Mongol: 0.3%
ISO 3166 code	CN-13
GDP (2011)	CNY 2.40 trillion US$ 379 billion[1] (6th)
• per capita	CNY 28,668 US$ 4,235 (12t)
HDI (2008)	0.810 (high) (10t)
Website	www.hebei.gov.cn (Simplifeed Cheenese) english.hebei.gov.cn (Inglis)

Hebei
Cheenese	河北
Hanyu Pinyin	Héběi
Postal	Hopeh
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Héběi Wade–Giles Ho-pei Wu Romanieation Ghu平poh入 Hakka Romanisation Hò-pet Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Ho4bak1 Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Hô-pak
alternative Chinese names
Traditional Chinese	1. 直隸 2. 燕趙
Simplified Chinese	1. 直隶 2. 燕赵
Hanyu Pinyin	1. Zhílì 2. Yānzhào
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin 1. Zhílì 2. Yānzhào Wade–Giles 1. Chih-li

In 1928, Hebei wis formit efter the central govrenment dissolvit the province o Chih-li (直隸), which means "Directly Ruled (bi the Imperial Court)".

A common alternate name for Hebei is Yānzhào (燕趙), efter the state o Yan an state o Zhao that existit here durin the Warrin States Period o early Cheenese history.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Main airticles: Leet o admeenistrative diveesions o Hebei an Leet o tounship-level diveesions o Hebei

Hebei is made up o 11 prefectur-level diveesions, which are aw prefectur-level ceeties:

Map	#	Name	Admeenistrative Seat	Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)
	— Prefectur-level ceety —
	1	Shijiazhuang	Chang'an Destrict	石家庄市 Shíjiāzhuāng Shì	10,163,788
	2	Baoding	Xinshi Destrict	保定市 Bǎodìng Shì	11,194,379
	3	Cangzhou	Yunhe Destrict	沧州市 Cāngzhōu Shì	7,134,053
	4	Chengde	Shuangqiao Destrict	承德市 Chéngdé Shì	3,473,197
	5	Handan	Hanshan Destrict	邯鄲市 Hándān Shì	9,174,679
	6	Hengshui	Taocheng Destrict	衡水市 Héngshǔi Shì	4,340,773
	7	Langfang	Anci Destrict	廊坊市 Lángfāng Shì	4,358,839
	8	Qinhuangdao	Haigang Destrict	秦皇島市 Qínhuángdǎo Shì	2,987,605
	9	Tangshan	Lunan Destrict	唐山市 Tángshān Shì	7,577,284
	10	Xingtai	Qiaodong Destrict	邢台市 Xíngtái Shì	7,104,114
	11	Zhangjiakou	Qiaoxi Destrict	张家口市 Zhāngjiākǒu Shì	4,345,491

These are subdividit intae 172 coonty-level diveesions (22 coonty-level ceeties, 108 coonties, 6 autonomous coonties an 36 destricts). Those are, in turn, dividit intae 2207 tounship-level diveesions (1 destrict public office, 937 touns, 979 tounships, 55 ethnic tounships, an 235 subdestricts).