Hengshui
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| Greater Region: | North china |
| Province : | Hebei |
| Status: | district-free city |
| Subdivision: | 1 city district, 2 independent cities, 8 districts |
| Residents : | 4,453,100 (2016) |
| Area : | 8,815 km² |
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Hengshui ( Chinese 衡水 市 , Pinyin Héngshuǐ Shì ) is a district-free city in the Chinese province of Hebei . It has the license plate 冀 T. The administrative area of Hengshui has an area of 8,815 km² and about 4.45 million inhabitants (end of 2016). 389,447 people live in the actual urban settlement area of Hengshui (2010 census).
Administrative structure
At the county level, Hengshui consists of a city district (Shìxiá qū ), eight districts ( Xiàn ) and two independent cities (Xiànjí shì ). These are:
- Taocheng district (桃城区 Táochéng Qū), 590 km², 440,000 inhabitants, city center, seat of the city government;
- Zaoqiang district (枣强县 Zǎoqiáng Xiàn), 903 km², 380,000 inhabitants, main town: Zaoqiang municipality (枣强 镇);
- Wuyi district (武邑 县 Wǔyì Xiàn), 830 km², 310,000 inhabitants, main town: Wuyi municipality (武邑 镇);
- Circle Wuqiang (武强县Wǔqiáng Xiàn), km² 442, population 210,000, capital: greater community Wuqiang (武强镇);
- Raoyang district (饶阳县 Ráoyáng Xiàn), 573 km², 290,000 inhabitants, capital: Raoyang municipality (饶阳 镇);
- Anping district (安平县 Ānpíng Xiàn), 493 km², 310,000 inhabitants, capital: Anping municipality (安平 镇);
- Gucheng district (故城县 Gùchéng Xiàn), 941 km², 470,000 inhabitants, main town: Zhengkou municipality (郑 口镇);
- Jing County (景县 Jǐng Xiàn), 1,183 km², 500,000 inhabitants, capital: Jingzhou Municipality (景 州镇);
- Fucheng district (阜城 县 Fùchéng Xiàn), 698 km², 320,000 inhabitants, main town: Fucheng municipality (阜 城镇);
- City of Jizhou (冀州 市 Jìzhōu Shì), 918 km², 360,000 inhabitants;
- City of Shenzhou (深 州市 Shēnzhōu Shì), 1,244 km², 560,000 inhabitants.
Town twinning
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Tillsonburg , Canada, since 1998 -
Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo , Mexico, since 2002
Web links
Commons : Hengshui - collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 37 ° 44 ' N , 115 ° 42' E