Gaobeidian () is a
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...
in central
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...
province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of
Baoding
Baoding (), formerly known as Baozhou and Qingyuan, is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately southwest of Beijing. As of the 2010 census, Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants out of which 2,176,857 lived in the b ...
Prefecture-level city
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During the Republican era, many of China ...
. Gaobeidian has 4
subdistricts A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
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* Mukim, a township in Brunei, Indon ...
, 6
towns
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
, and 4
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
, and a total of 442
villages
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.
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
and north of Baoding.
Gaobeidian City was long known as Xincheng County (). In 1993, its name was changed to Gaobeidian City.
Administrative Divisions
Subdistricts:
* Heping Subdistrict (), Juncheng Subdistrict (), Dongsheng Subdistrict (), Beicheng Subdistrict (), Xinghua Road Subdistrict ()
Towns:
* Fangguan (), Xincheng (), Sizhuang (), Baigou (), Xinlizhuang ()
Townships:
* Xiaoguanying Township (), Liangjiaying Township (), Zhangliuzhuang Township (), Dongmaying Township (), Xinqiao Township ()
Climate
Transportation
* Jingguang railway: Gaobeidian Railway Station
* Jingshi Expressway
"Beijing" is from pinyin ''Běijīng,'' which is romanized from , the Chinese name for this city. The pinyin system of transliteration was approved by the Chinese government in 1958, but little used until 1979. It was gradually adopted by various ...
* Jingkun Expressway
* China National Highway 107
China's National Highway 107 runs from Beijing to Hong Kong SAR via Wuhan. It runs to approximately 2,698 km, and, on a map, runs broadly on a straight line from Beijing to Shenzhen. In 2013, under a new 2013-2030 plan by the National Devel ...
Architecture and environment
Gaobeidian is known for its leadership in energy efficient building, and hosted the 23rd International Passive House Conference in 2019. The Gaobeidian Railway City apartment complex is the world's largest passive house
"Passive house" (german: Passivhaus) is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, which reduces the building's ecological footprint. It results in ultra-low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or coo ...
project.
See also
* Kaishan Temple
External links
Gaobeidian City Government Website
County-level cities in Hebei
Sustainable architecture
Geography of Baoding
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