Hengshui
Prefecture-level city in Hebei, People's Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hengshui (Chinese: 衡水) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong to the southeast. As of the 2020 census its population was 4,212,933 inhabitants whom 805,000 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Taocheng urban district.[3] It is on the Beijing–Kowloon railway.
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Hengshui
衡水市 | |
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Nickname(s): Peach City (桃城), Lake City (水市湖城) | |
Coordinates (Hengshui municipal government): 37°44′20″N 115°40′08″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hebei |
Settled | 1265 |
Established | May 31, 1996 |
Municipal seat | Taocheng District |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 8,836.95 km2 (3,411.97 sq mi) |
• Urban | 608.8 km2 (235.1 sq mi) |
• Metro | 608.8 km2 (235.1 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 4,212,933 |
• Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
• Urban | 805,000 |
• Urban density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
• Metro | 805,000 |
• Metro density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 155 billion US$ 22.5 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 27,543 US$ 4,422 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
ISO 3166 code | CN-HE-11 |
License Plate Prefix | 2022 |
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Hengshui | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 衡水 | ||||||
Literal meaning | "horizontal river" | ||||||
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