Baoding
Baoding is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) southwest of Beijing. As of the 2010 census, Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants, of which 2,176,857 lived in the metropolitan area made of 4 out of 5 urban districts: Lianchi, Jingxiu, Qingyuan, and Mancheng all of which are largely conurbated. Baoding is among 13 Chinese cities with a population of over 10 million, ranking seventh. Zhuozhou City in the northern part has now grown into part of the Beijing metro area.
Baoding
保定市 Paoting | |
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Prefecture-level city | |
Clockwise from top: Skyline of Baoding, Great Wall on Mount Baishi, Lotus Pool, Zhili Governor's Office, Xiong'an New Area, St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral | |
| Nickname: Boot-Shaped City (靴城) | |
Location of Baoding City jurisdiction in Hebei | |
Baoding Location of the city centre in Hebei Baoding Baoding (Northern China) Baoding Baoding (China) | |
| Coordinates (Baoding municipal government): 38°52′26″N 115°27′50″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| County-level divisions | 5 districts 4 county-level cities 15 counties |
| Township-level divisions | 28 subdistricts 142 towns 170 townships 3 ethnic townships |
| Settled | 477 |
| Established | 1925 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture level city |
| • Body | Baoding City People's Congress |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 22,185 km2 (8,566 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 326 km2 (126 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,840 km2 (710 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 25 m (83 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,286 m (7,500 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 11,194,382 |
| • Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,976,000 |
| • Urban density | 6,100/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,176,857 |
| • Metro density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 408.7 billion US$ 52.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 28,648 US$4,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 071000 |
| Area code | 0312 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HE-06 |
| License plate prefixes | 冀F |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 保定 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "protect (the capital) and stabilize (the territory)" | ||||||||||||||||||
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Baoding was the capital of Zhili Province and the residence of the Viceroy of Zhili in the Qing dynasty, and was the capital of Hebei province until 1968, and is now a national historical and cultural city and one of the central cities in the Jing-Jin-Ji cluster, with the Xiong'an new area located within its jurisdiction.