Jinzhou () is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

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 ...

North China North China, or Huabei () is a geographical region of China, consisting of the provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Part of the larger region of Northern China (''Beifang''), it lies north of the Qinling–Huai ...

, it is under the administration 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. Until November 1991, it was known as Jin County (). Jinzhou is located in central Hebei province, east of Shijiazhuang. It covers an area of 619 square kilometers, and , has a population of about 537,700. It consists of nine towns and one township, as well as 224 villages. Jinzhou has a

recorded history Recorded history or written history describes the historical events that have been recorded in a written form or other documented communication which are subsequently evaluated by historians using the historical method. For broader world hi ...

of at least 2500 years. It was the hometown of Wei Zheng (), a well-known and well-respected historical figure of

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...

. It is also, according to the Chinese government, the "

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town" ().

Administrative divisions

There are 9 towns and 1 township: *

Jinzhou Jinzhou (, ), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city in central-west Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which connects most of the land transports between North Chi ...

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Zongshizhuang Zongshizhuang () is a township-level division of Jinzhou, 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). Aft ...

() * Yingli () * Taoyuan () *

Dongzhuosu Dongzhuosu () is a town under the administration of Jinzhou City in south-central Hebei province, China, located roughly equidistant from Jinzhou and Xinle. , it has 23 villages under its administration. See also *List of township-level divisio ...

() * Mayu () * Xiaoqiao () *

Huaishu Huaishu () is a town under the administration of Jinzhou City in southwestern Hebei province, China, located about north-northeast of downtown Jinzhou opposite G1811 Huanghua–Shijiazhuang Expressway. , it has 18 villages under its administrati ...

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Donglizhuang Donglizhuang () is a town under the administration of Jinzhou City in south-central Hebei province, China, located south-southeast of the municipal seat. , it has 27 villages under its administration. See also *List of township-level divisions ...

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Zhoujiazhuang Township Zhoujiazhuang Township () is a township-level division of Jinzhou, 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 ( ...

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Climate

Transport

G1811 Huanghua–Shijiazhuang Expressway The Huanghua–Shijiazhuang Expressway (), commonly referred to as the ''Huangshi Expressway'' (), is a that connects the cities of Huanghua and Shijiazhuang. The expressway is entirely in the province of Hebei Hebei or , (; alternate ...

China National Highway 307 China National Highway 307 (G307) runs west from 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 Highways The China ...

* Shijiazhuang–Dezhou Railroad

References

External links

晋州市人民政府 (Jinzhou Municipal Government)
(in

Simplified Chinese Simplification, Simplify, or Simplified may refer to: Mathematics Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one, that is simpler (usually shorter), for example * Simplification of algebraic expressions ...

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晋州招商网 (Jinzhou Trade Website)
(in

) County-level cities in Hebei Shijiazhuang {{Shijiazhuang-geo-stub