The administrative divisions of

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 ...

, a

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of the

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, consists of prefecture-level divisions subdivided into county-level divisions then subdivided into township-level divisions.

Administrative divisions

All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at

Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there ...

. This chart lists only prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Hebei.

Recent changes in administrative divisions

Population composition

Prefectures

Counties

Drafted and proposed cities

Hebei is planning to re-organise the administrative divisions with an addition of three new prefecture-level cities, all to be located adjacent to Beijing and named in regard to their position with respect to the national capital: *Jingbei (, meaning "North of Capital") will be carved from two counties in

Zhangjiakou Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the south ...

Huailai Huailai () is a county in northwestern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiakou. Huailai County is a center for grape wine production, with the China Great Wall Wine Compan ...

and Zhuolu *Jingnan (, meaning "South of Capital") will compose of a county-level city in

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 ...

: Zhuozhou *Jingdong ( meaning "East of Capital") will consist of three county-level administrative divisions in today's Langfang: Sanhe,

Xianghe Xianghe County () is a county of central Hebei province. It is under the administration of Langfang prefecture-level city. Xianghe has 7 towns and 2 townships. It is southeast of Beijing. Sanhe city, Dachang Hui Autonomous County and Xianghe Cou ...

, and Dachang (Hui). They currently comprise the exclave situated between Beijing and Tianjin.

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