county
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Hebei Province
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North
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prefecture-level city
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Shijiazhuang
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, the capital of the province.
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King Mu of Zhou
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went hunting in the region, he described the terrain as "the surrounding is high while the center is deep, like a well, aking the regionresemble the border of a stove", hence the name of the county.
According to archeological discoveries, there were inhabitants settled in Dongyuan Village (東元村) during the stone age.
An Elephant Sitting Still
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