Xingtai
Xingtai
邢台市 Hsingtai, Shunteh | |
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Clockwise from top: Xingtai Liberation Monument, sculpture of Lying Bull, Xingtai Telegraph Building, city wall ruins and Huoshen Temple, Zhongxing West Street, Dakaiyuan Temple, Qingfeng Tower, statue of Guo Shoujing | |
| Nickname: Sitting Bull City (卧牛城) | |
Location of Xingtai City jurisdiction in Hebei | |
| Coordinates (Xingtai municipal government): 37°04′18″N 114°30′17″E / 37.0717°N 114.5048°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Settled | 3500 BC |
| Established | November 15, 1983 |
| Area | |
| 12,432 km2 (4,800 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 114.80 km2 (44.32 sq mi) |
| • Districts | 132.3 km2 (51.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 7,111,106 | |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 971,300 |
| • Urban density | 8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
| • Districts | 971,000 |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 223.6 billion US$ 32.4 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 24,256 US$3,894 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 054000 |
| Area code | 0319 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HE-05 |
| Vehicle registration | 冀E |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 邢台 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 邢臺 | ||||||||
| Postal | Hsingtai | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | "temple of Xing" | ||||||||
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Xingtai (simplified Chinese: 邢台; traditional Chinese: 邢臺; pinyin: Xíngtái; Wade–Giles: Hsing2-tʻai2), formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde, is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It has a total area of 12,486 km2 (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. 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.