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 Location: located between north latitude 4011'- 4240' and east longitude11554' - 11915' in the northeast of the Hebei province, the hinterland of Yanshan Mountain Chain; 435 kilometers away from its provincial capital, Shijiazhuang, 256 kilometers from Beijing
Neighboring Areas: Beijing and Tianjin Municipalities; Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Liaoning provinces; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Physical Feature: consisted of two type of landforms: plateau and hilly area; with the specified three-dimensional land resource; being surrounded by mountains
Population: 3.53 million
Urban Population: 0.20 million
Area: 40,000 sq km
Nationalities: Han, Hui, Manchu, Mongolian and Korean
History: a famous cultural city with about 300 years history; used to be the second political center in the Qing dynasty, with the largest extant royal garden in China; commonly called as "Rehe", for the sake of having the ever flowing and unfrozen spring here; used to be the provincial capital of Rehe province in 1928
Climatic Features: temperate continental monsoon and hilly area climate; four seasons clearly; cold winters without cold current; cool summers without hot period; with enough sunshine of 2000 hours annually and frost-free period of 110-220 days
Average Temperature: 4-13C annually
Rainfall: annual precipitation 800 mm
Mountains: Mt. Luohanshan, Mt. Tianqiaoshan, Mt. Jiguanshan, Mt. Shuangtashan, Mt. Yuanbaoshan, Mt. Wulingshan, the Yanshan Mountain Chain
Rivers: Luanhe River, Beisanhe River, Liaohe River, Dalinghe River, Wuliehe River, Chenghu Lake, Ruyihu Lake, Jinghu Lake
Local Highlights: Hebeibangzi, Pingju Drama |
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