Chengde
Prefecture-level city in Hebei, People's Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Rehe" redirects here. For other uses, see Rehe (disambiguation).
For other uses, see Chengde (disambiguation).
Chengde, formerly known as Jehol and Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about 225 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence.[3] The permanent resident population is approximately 3,473,200 in 2017.
Quick Facts 承德市Chengte, Jehol, Country ...
Chengde
承德市 Chengte, Jehol | |
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Coordinates (Chengde municipal government): 40°57′11″N 117°57′47″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hebei |
Settled | 1681 |
Established | November 15, 1983 |
Municipal seat | Shuangqiao District |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 39,519 km2 (15,258 sq mi) |
• Urban | 724.03 km2 (279.55 sq mi) |
• Districts[1] | 1,252.7 km2 (483.7 sq mi) |
Elevation | 327 m (1,073 ft) |
Population | |
• Prefecture-level city | 3,473,200 |
• Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
• Urban | 920,395 |
• Urban density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
• Districts[1] | 642,000 |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 135.9 billion US$ 21.8 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 38,506 US$6,182 |
Area code | 314 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-HE-08 |
License Plate Prefix | 冀H |
Website | http://www.chengde.gov.cn |
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Chengde | |||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||
Chinese | 承德 | ||||||||
Postal | Chengte | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Upholding Virtue Receiving Virtue | ||||||||
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Rehe | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 熱河(兒) | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 热河(儿) | ||||||||
Postal | Jehol | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Hot River | ||||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||||
Mongolian Cyrillic | Халуун гол | ||||||||
Mongolian script | ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠭᠣᠣᠯ | ||||||||
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Manchu name | |||||||||
Manchu script | ᠊ᡵᡩᡝᠮᡠ ᠪᡝ ᠠᠯᡳᡥᠠ | ||||||||
Abkai | Erdemu Be Aliha | ||||||||
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