Hebei province
Ji is short for Hebei Province. It lies in the southern part in China,
190 thousand square kilometers in area, and with a population is 62.5
million.
 Hebei
located in the northern part of Huabei Plain, and in the southeastern
part of Nei Menggu Plateau. In the southeastern part of Hebei, there are
plains. They occupy 40 percent in area, with plateaus and hilly lands
occupy 60 percent. They are mainly formed by Zhangbei Plateau, Jibei Hilly
land and Jixi Hilly land. Bohai is to the East of Hebei. The rivers here
belong to the Hai River. Amongst the lakes, Baiyangdian is the largest.
It has a semi-dry continental monsoon climate in temperate zone.
It abounds in mineral resources, there are coal, petroleum, iron, lime
stone, asbestos, phosphorus, vanadium, platinum and lead. And the reserves
of them are the most abundant in China. The grain crops in Hebei are wheat,
corn, Chinese sorghum and cereals. The output of wheat, cotton, iron and
steel, coal, petroleum and textile goods is in the important place in
China. And also, there are electric power, machinery, chemical industry
and building materials. The communications here are very convenient. Mainly,
there is railway. Also, there is highway, water transport and aviation.
Qinhuangdao is the important port of the ocean shipping. The development
of piping petroleum is at a
high speed.
In Hebei, the history cultural resources is abound. There are some beautiful
hills and waters. The places of interest are Chengde Summer Resort Manor,
Waiba Temple, Qinhuangdao, Beidaihe, Laishui Yesanpo, Cangyan Mountain
in Jingjing and so on. The traditional specialties are Zhangbei mushroom,
Hebei pears, Xuanhua grapes, Shenzhou honey peaches, Tangshan pottery
and Zhuzhou blankets.
City:
Chengde
Qinhuangdao
Shijiazhuang
Tangshan
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