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| Hebei
Province of the P.R.C.
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Abbreviation
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HE
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Population
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67.44
million
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Area
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187700
sq Km
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Location
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Northern
China
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GDP
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RMB
456.92 billion
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Provincial
Capital
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Shijiazhuang
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Per
Capita GDP
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RMB
6932
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Separate
Planning City
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None
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| Climate: |
The province
has a temperate continental monsoon climate, which varies greatly due
to its vastness, and most of the territory has clear-cut seasons. Its
annual sunshine time is 2400-3100 hours. annual frost-free period 120-200
days. annual precipitation 300-800mm, annual average temperature 0 degree
to 13 degree
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| Ethnic
Groups: |
The population
of Han nationality,accounts for 96% of the total; the rest is composed
of people from 53 minority nationalities including Manchu, Hui Mongolian,Zhuang,
Korean, Miao, Tujia, etc.
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| Major
Cities: |
Cangzhou;
Chengde; Qinhuangdao(Including Beidaihe and Shanhaiguan); Tangshan; Baoding;
Zhangjiakou |
| Agriculture: |
Eastern
Hebei Province is a flat, alluvial plain on which grow luxuriant crops
of wheat, cotton, corn, paddy, tobacco, peanut and sesame. In the western
part is the rugged Taihang Mountain Area which, besides producing wheat
and other cereal crops, also grows walnut, persimmon, date and a wide
variety of fruit.
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| Industry: |
Located
in northeastern Hebei Province not far northeast of the great port of Tianjin
is the Kailuan Coal Mines, one of the major coal producers in China. Sizable
reserves of oil, iron and other deposits have also been found in the province.
Petroleum are tapped on quite a scale in the Renqiu Area in southeastern
Hebei Province. |
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