Jinzhou () is a

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Hebei Province 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 ...

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, it is under the administration of the

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. Until November 1991, it was known as Jin County (). Jinzhou is located in central Hebei province, east of Shijiazhuang. It covers an area of 619 square kilometers, and , has a population of about 537,700. It consists of nine towns and one township, as well as 224 villages. Jinzhou has a

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of at least 2500 years. It was the hometown of

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(), a well-known and well-respected historical figure of

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. It is also, according to the Chinese government, the " duck pear town" ().

Administrative divisions

There are 9 towns and 1 township: *

Jinzhou Jinzhou (, ), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city in central-west Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which connects most of the land transports between North Chin ...

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Zongshizhuang Zongshizhuang () is a township-level division of Jinzhou, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. See also *List of township-level divisions of Hebei This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Hebei, People's Republic of China (PRC). ...

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Dongzhuosu Dongzhuosu () is a town under the administration of Jinzhou City in south-central Hebei province, China, located roughly equidistant from Jinzhou and Xinle. , it has 23 villages under its administration. See also *List of township-level divis ...

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Huaishu Huaishu () is a town under the administration of Jinzhou City in southwestern Hebei province, China, located about north-northeast of downtown Jinzhou opposite G1811 Huanghua–Shijiazhuang Expressway. , it has 18 villages under its administra ...

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Donglizhuang Donglizhuang () is a town under the administration of Jinzhou City in south-central Hebei province, China, located south-southeast of the municipal seat. , it has 27 villages under its administration. See also *List of township-level division ...

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Zhoujiazhuang Township Zhoujiazhuang Township () is a township-level division of Jinzhou, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. See also *List of township-level divisions of Hebei This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Hebei, People's Republic of Chi ...

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Climate

Transport

G1811 Huanghua–Shijiazhuang Expressway The Huanghua–Shijiazhuang Expressway (), commonly referred to as the ''Huangshi Expressway'' (), is a that connects the cities of Huanghua Huanghua () is a county-level city located in the Bohai Gulf coastal region of Hebei province, China ...

China National Highway 307 China National Highway 307 (G307) runs west from Qikou, Huanghua, Qikou, Hebei towards Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, and ends in Yinchuan, Ningxia. It is 1,351 kilometres in length. Route and distance See also

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* Shijiazhuang–Dezhou Railroad

References

External links

晋州市人民政府 (Jinzhou Municipal Government)
(in

Simplified Chinese Simplification, Simplify, or Simplified may refer to: Mathematics Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one, that is simpler (usually shorter), for example * Simplification of algebraic expressions ...

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晋州招商网 (Jinzhou Trade Website)
(in

) County-level cities in Hebei Shijiazhuang {{Shijiazhuang-geo-stub