Hebei is a province in North China. It is China's sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It borders Shanxi to the west, Henan to the south, Shandong and Liaoning to the east, and Inner Mongolia to the north; in addition, Hebei entirely surrounds the direct-administered municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin on land. Its population is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0.3% Mongol. Varieties of Chinese spoken include Jilu Mandarin, the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, and Jin Chinese.
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Area:Total | 188,800 km (72,900 sq mi)
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Population:Total | 74,700,500
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Population:Density | 400/km (1,000/sq mi)
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Capital | Baoding (1729–1913, 1935–1937, 1946–1947, 1949–1958, 1966–1968) Beijing(1928–1930, 1945–1946, 1947–1949) Tianjin (1870–1902, 1913–1928, 1930–1935, 1958–1966) Shijiazhuang (1968–present) |
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