Shahe () 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 the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of Chi ...

Xingtai Xingtai (), formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde, is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It has a total area of and administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 12 counties. At the 2020 censu ...

, in the southern part 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 ...

province, China. Shahe has been called China's "glass capital." Its

glass Glass is a non- crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenchin ...

factories manufacture about ten percent of the world supply of

flat glass Plate glass, flat glass or sheet glass is a type of glass, initially produced in plane form, commonly used for windows, glass doors, transparent walls, and windscreens. For modern architectural and automotive applications, the flat glass is s ...

. About 50,000 of Shahe's 480,000 residents work in the glass industry.

Smog Smog, or smoke fog, is a type of intense air pollution. The word "smog" was coined in the early 20th century, and is a portmanteau of the words '' smoke'' and ''fog'' to refer to smoky fog due to its opacity, and odor. The word was then int ...

in Shahe has become a serious problem, with some factories preferring to pay fines rather than comply with

air pollution Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials. There are many different type ...

enforcement requirements.

Administrative divisions

邢台市-行政区划网
/ref> Subdistricts: * Dalian Subdistrict (), Qiaodong Subdistrict (),

Qiaoxi Subdistrict Qiaoxi District (桥西区) may refer to the following locations in Hebei, China: * Qiaoxi District, Shijiazhuang *Qiaoxi District, Xingtai *Qiaoxi District, Zhangjiakou Qiaoxi District () is a district of the city of Zhangjiakou, Hebei H ...

(), Zanshan Subdistrict (), Zhouzhuang Subdistrict () Towns: * Shahecheng (), Xincheng (), Baita (), Shiliting (), Qicun (綦村镇 Townships: * Liucun Township (), Cejing Township (), Liushigang Township (), Chaiguan Township (), Chanfang Township ()

Climate

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County-level cities in Hebei Glass industry Xingtai {{Xingtai-geo-stub