Wanquan () is a district of the city of

Zhangjiakou Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the south ...

, in the northwest of

Hebei 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 ...

province, China, located just to the southwest of Zhangjiakou's urban core. It was the site of the Battle of the Badger's Mouth Pass, one of the major campaigns in the

Mongol–Jin War The Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty, also known as the Mongol–Jin War, was fought between the Mongol Empire and the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty in Manchuria and North China. The war, which started in 1211, lasted over 23 years and ended wi ...

Administrative divisions

The district administers 4 towns and 7 townships: Towns: * Kongjiazhuang (), Wanquan (), Ximalin (), Guoleizhuang () Townships: * Shanfangbu Township (), Beixintun Township (), Xuanpingbu Township (), Gaomiaobu Township (), Jiubu Township (), Anjiabu Township (), Beishacheng Township ()

Geography and Climate

Wanquan is located in the northwest of

province. Its western and northern borders are defined by the

Great Wall The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand ''li'' wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups ...

, across which it borders Shangyi and Zhangbei counties. The southern border is defined by the Yang River (), across which it borders Huai'an County. The district stretches north to south and spans east to west. Wanquan has a rather dry, monsoon-influenced humid continental climate, with an annual mean temperature of and precipitation amounting to .

Transport

China National Highway 110 China National Highway 110 (G110) runs from Beijing to Qingtongxia, via Hohhot, Baotou in Inner Mongolia, and Yinchuan. It heads northwest from Beijing to Zhangjiakou then heads straight west, and runs to approximately . In October 2004 and Nove ...

China National Highway 207 China National Highway 207 (G207) runs from Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia to Hai'an, Guangdong. It is in length and runs south from Xilinhot through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Guangxi, and ends in Guangdong. Route and distan ...

G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway The Beijing–Tibet Expressway (), commonly abbreviated to Jingzang Expressway (), also known as Beijing–Lhasa Expressway (Jingla Expressway; ) or China National Expressway 6, is part of the Chinese national expressway network and is planned to ...

References

County-level divisions of Hebei Zhangjiakou {{Zhangjiakou-geo-stub