Gaocheng () is one of eight districts of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China ...

of Shijiazhuang, the capital of

Hebei Province Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...

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China, on the upper reaches of the

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(). The city has a total area of and in 2010 had a population of 743,000.Gaocheng overview
, from the official government page

History

In 113 BCE, during the

Western Han Dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a war ...

, Cheng County () was established, and renamed as Gaocheng County () during the

Yuan Dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fift ...

. The present county-level was established in July 1989.

Administrative divisions

There are 13 towns and 1 township.Geographic information
, from the official government page Towns: *

Lianzhou Lianzhou (), formerly Lian County or Lianxian ( postal: Linhsien; ), is a county-level city in northern Guangdong Province, China, and is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Qingyuan. It is known as the host cit ...

(), Gangshang (),

Nandong Nandong () is a township-level division of Gaocheng, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. See also *List of township-level divisions of Hebei This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Hebei, People's Republic of China (PRC). After ...

(), Xing'an (), Nanmeng (),

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(),

Chang'an Chang'an (; ) is the traditional name of Xi'an. The site had been settled since Neolithic times, during which the Yangshao culture was established in Banpo, in the city's suburbs. Furthermore, in the northern vicinity of modern Xi'an, Qin S ...

(), Zengcun (),

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(), Zhangjiazhuang (), Jiashizhuang (),

Qiutou Qiutou () is a township-level division of Gaocheng, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. See also *List of township-level divisions of Hebei This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Hebei, People's Republic of China (PRC). After p ...

(), Nanying () Townships: * Jiumen Hui Ethnic Township ()

Climate

Transport

* Shijiazhuang−Dezhou railway * G1811 Huanghua−Shijiazhuang Expressway *

China National Highway 307 China National Highway 307 (G307) runs west from Qikou, Huanghua, Qikou, Hebei towards Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, and ends in Yinchuan, Ningxia. It is 1,351 kilometres in length. Route and distance See also

* China National Hig ...

References

External links

Gaocheng Window
official government page County-level divisions of Hebei Shijiazhuang {{Shijiazhuang-geo-stub