Hejian
Appearance
Hejian
河间市 | |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hebei |
Prefecture-level city | Cangzhou |
City seat | Yingzhou Town (瀛州镇) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,333 km2 (515 sq mi) |
Elevation | 14 m (45 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 770,000 |
• Density | 580/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 062450 |
Area code | 0317 |
Website | hejian |
Hejian (simplified Chinese: 河间; traditional Chinese: 河間; pinyin: Héjiān; Wade–Giles: Ho Chien; alternative romanizations: Ho Dsien[1], Ho-kien[-fou]) is a county-level city of Cangzhou City, in east-central Hebei province, China. As of 2004[update], the population was ca. 770,000 inhabitants and the city territory was 1,333 km2 (515 sq mi). Hejian is situated along China National Highway 106.
History
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Military_station_near_the_city_of_Chokien.jpg/220px-Military_station_near_the_city_of_Chokien.jpg)
Séraphin Couvreur (1835–1919) and Léon Wieger (1856–1933), two French Jesuit missionaries and renowned Sinologists worked at the Catholic Jesuit mission in Hejian.
Administrative divisions
There are 7 towns (镇) and 13 townships (乡):[1]
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External links
- ^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:河间市 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-07-21.