Xingtai

Xingtai (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: 邢臺; pinyin: Xíngtái; Wade–Giles: Hsing-tʻai), formerly known as Xingzhou or Shunde, is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It has a total area of 12,486 km (4,821 sq mi) and administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 12 counties. At the 2020 census, its population was 7,111,106 inhabitants. By the end of 2024, the total resident population of the city will be 6,877,800. Among them, the resident population of urban areas is 3,921,700. It borders Shijiazhuang and Hengshui in the north, Handan in the south, and the provinces of Shandong and Shanxi in the east and west respectively.