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Xingtai

For other uses, see Xingtai County.

This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: On June 23, 2020 The State Council have approved the renaming of Qiaoxi and Qiaodong district s, the full annexation of Xingtai County and the character-retaining annexation of Ren County(as Renze District) and Nanhe County(as Nanhe district). Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (June 2020)

Clockwise from top: Xingtai Liberation Monument, sculpture of Lying Bull, Xingtai Telegraph Building, city wall ruins and Huoshen Temple, Zhongxing West Street, Dakaiyuan Temple, Qingfeng Tower, statue of Guo Shoujing

Location of Xingtai City jurisdiction in Hebei

Xingtai

Location of the city center in Hebei

Xingtai

Xingtai (Northern China)

Xingtai

Xingtai (China)

People's Republic of China

Hebei

3500 BC

November 15, 1983

12,432 km² (4,800 sq mi)

114.80 km² (44.32 sq mi)

132.3 km² (51.1 sq mi)

7,111,106

570/km² (1,500/sq mi)

971,300

8,500/km² (22,000/sq mi)

971,000

CN¥ 223.6 billion
US$ 32.4 billion

CN¥ 24,256
US$3,894

UTC+8 (China Standard)

0319

CN-HE-05

冀E

www.xingtai.gov.cn

邢台

邢臺

Hsingtai

"temple of Xing"

Xíngtái

Hsing²-tʻai²

Xingtai (simplified Chinese: 邢台; traditional Chinese: 邢臺; pinyin: Xíngtái; Wade–Giles: Hsing²-tʻai²), formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde, is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It has a total area of 12,486 km² (4,821 sq mi) and administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 12 counties. At the 2020 census, its population was 7,111,106 inhabitants. It borders Shijiazhuang and Hengshui in the north, Handan in the south, and the provinces of Shandong and Shanxi in the east and west respectively.

History[edit]

Xingtai is the oldest city in North China.^{[citation needed]} The history of Xingtai can be traced back 3500 years ago. During the Shang dynasty, Xingtai functioned as a capital city. During the Zhou dynasty, the State of Xing – from which the present name derives – was founded in the city. During the Warring States period, the state of Zhao made Xingtai its provisional capital. The city was known as Xindu for most of the Qin dynasty, but after the 207 BC Battle of Julu (within present-day Pingxiang County, not today's Julu County), it became known as Xiangguo. During the Sixteen Kingdoms Period, when the Later Zhao was founded by Shi Le of the Jie, the capital was again at Xiangguo. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the city was known as Xingzhou.

Sui, Tang and Song times saw the zenith of ceramics production in what was the most prolific ceramics center of northern China (rivaling the Yue ware from the South). The white ware and new technologies developed in the Xing kiln mark the transition from proto-porcelain to proper porcelain.^[3] More than thirty kiln site have been excavated in different subdivisions of today's Xingtai City and a large high-tech museum have been established in Neiqiu County in 2017.^[4][5][6]

During the Yuan dynasty, Ming, and Qing dynasties, Xingtai was called Shunde (Shundefu) and functioned as a prefecture in China.

Geography and climate[edit]

Xingtai has a continental, monsoon-influenced semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk).^[7] It has hot, humid summers due to the East Asian monsoon, and generally cold, windy, very dry winters that reflect the influence of the vast Siberian anticyclone; fall is similar to spring both in temperature and lack of rainfall. In the spring, there are large sandstorms blowing in from the Mongolian steppe, accompanied by rapidly warming, but generally dry, conditions. The annual rainfall, more than half of which falls in July and August alone, is highly variable and not reliable. In the city itself, this amount has averaged to a mere 496.5 mm (19.5 in) per annum.

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year

20.9
(69.6)

27.4
(81.3)

33.9
(93.0)

36.5
(97.7)

39.7
(103.5)

42.4
(108.3)

41.7
(107.1)

38.7
(101.7)

39.0
(102.2)

37.0
(98.6)

27.8
(82.0)

27.6
(81.7)

42.4
(108.3)

3.9
(39.0)

8.2
(46.8)

14.7
(58.5)

21.9
(71.4)

27.6
(81.7)

32.3
(90.1)

32.4
(90.3)

30.7
(87.3)

26.8
(80.2)

21.2
(70.2)

12.4
(54.3)

5.5
(41.9)

19.8
(67.6)

−0.7
(30.7)

3.0
(37.4)

9.1
(48.4)

16.2
(61.2)

22.1
(71.8)

26.6
(79.9)

27.8
(82.0)

26.2
(79.2)

21.6
(70.9)

15.5
(59.9)

7.1
(44.8)

0.9
(33.6)

14.6
(58.3)

−4.3
(24.3)

−1.0
(30.2)

4.4
(39.9)

10.9
(51.6)

16.7
(62.1)

21.4
(70.5)

23.7
(74.7)

22.4
(72.3)

17.3
(63.1)

10.8
(51.4)

3.0
(37.4)

−2.5
(27.5)

10.2
(50.4)

−20.2
(−4.4)

−15.6
(3.9)

−10.9
(12.4)

−4.9
(23.2)

5.0
(41.0)

9.9
(49.8)

15.7
(60.3)

13.2
(55.8)

5.6
(42.1)

−1.7
(28.9)

−9.2
(15.4)

−17.4
(0.7)

−20.2
(−4.4)

2.9
(0.11)

6.4
(0.25)

10.3
(0.41)

22.0
(0.87)

43.4
(1.71)

50.1
(1.97)

151.0
(5.94)

117.5
(4.63)

59.8
(2.35)

23.1
(0.91)

15.1
(0.59)

3.9
(0.15)

505.5
(19.89)

1.9

3.0

2.9

5.0

6.5

8.5

11.6

9.7

7.5

5.1

4.0

2.5

68.2

3.4

3.4

1.2

0.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.3

3.3

12.8

52

50

47

51

53

55

71

74

68

61

61

57

58

138.0

149.7

189.8

221.4

247.4

215.6

179.5

188.7

172

177.2

144.4

134.5

2,158.2

45

49

51

56

56

49

41

45

47

52

48

45

49

Air quality[edit]

According to a survey made by "Global voices China" in February 2013, 7 cities in Hebei including Xingtai, Shijiazhuang, Baoding, Handan, Langfang, Hengshui and Tangshan, were among China's 10 most polluted cities; Xingtai ranked 1st in the list and had the worst air quality.^[11] In 2020, the improvement rates of Xingtai's comprehensive air quality index and PM2.5 average concentration ranked first in Hebei Province. The average annual concentration of PM2.5 has successfully withdrawn from the "top ten" in China.

Xingtai earthquake[edit]

A major earthquake, known as the Xingtai earthquake, with magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale and epicenter in Longyao County occurred in the early morning of March 8, 1966. It was followed by 5 earthquakes above magnitude 6 on the Richter scale that lasted until March 29, 1966. The strongest of these quakes had a magnitude of 7.2 and took place in the southeastern part of Ningjin County on March 22. The earthquake damage included 8,064 dead, 38,000 injured and more than 5 million destroyed houses.^[12]

Administrative divisions[edit]

Xindu

Xiangdu

Renze

Nanhe

Lincheng
County

Neiqiu
County

Baixiang
County

Longyao
County

Ningjin
County

Julu
County

Xinhe
County

Guangzong
County

Pingxiang
County

Wei
County

Qinghe
County

Linxi
County

Nangong
(city)

Shahe
(city)

Chinese

Pinyin

Population (2020)

Area (km²)

襄都区

Xiāngdū Qū

362,857

116

信都区

Xìndū Qū

798,770

1941

任泽区

Rènzé Qū

342,869

431

南和区

Nánhé Qū

350,384

405

临城县

Línchéng Xiàn

199,793

797

内丘县

Nèiqiū Xiàn

260,000

788

柏乡县

Bǎixiāng Xiàn

168,761

268

隆尧县

Lóngyáo Xiàn

480,447

749

宁晋县

Níngjìn Xiàn

745,389

1,032

巨鹿县

Jùlù Xiàn

346,007

631

新河县

Xīnhé Xiàn

134,095

366

广宗县

Guǎngzōng Xiàn

280,603

504

平乡县

Píngxiāng Xiàn

323,675

406

威县

Wēi Xiàn

496,230

994

清河县

Qīnghé Xiàn

421,582

500

临西县

Línxī Xiàn

326,968

542

南宫市

Nángōng Shì

396,718

861

沙河市

Shāhé Shì

431,746

859

邢台经济开发区

Xíng Tái Jīng Jì Kāi Fā Qū

182,585

-

邢东新区

Xíng Dōng Xīn Qū

63,367

-

Xingtai Economic Development Area and Xingdong New Area belong to Xiangdu District.

• Xingtai County - defunct

Economy[edit]

Xingtai is the most important base for natural resources in North China, producing 20 million metric tonnes of coal annually. It also features the largest power plant in the southern part of this region of China, with an output of 2.06 GW.^[13]

Transport[edit]

Located on the Beijing−Guangzhou, the Beijing−Kowloon, the Xingtai-Huanghua and Xingtai-Heshun Railways, as well as the Beijing−Shenzhen, Daqing-Guangzhou, Taihangshan, Xingtai-Hengshui, Qingdao−Yinchuan, and Dongying-Lvliang Expressways and Xingtai Dalian Airport. Xingtai is a transport hub connecting the Eastern, Northern, and Central China.

Notable persons[edit]

• Ren Xuefeng
• Hebei Pangzai
• Wei Lijie
• Guo Shoujing
• Liu Bingzhong
• Song Jing
• Chai Rong
• Seng Yixing

See also[edit]

• Beiguozhuang

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xingtai.

• Xingtai gov.cn Online

• Category

Commons

Prefecture-level divisions of China