| Basics
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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 187,700 km2
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Agriculture : cotton, maize, millet,
peanuts, persimmons, sesame, sorghum, soybeans, walnuts, wheat
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Provincial government office address :
10 Weimingjie, Shijiazhuang City
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| Capital and Largest City :
Shijiazhuang
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Animal products : beef, dairy
products, silk cocoons
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Telephone : (86)(311)709-2680
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| English meaning of name : North of
the (Yellow) river
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Foreign direct investment (2000) :
US$10 billion (this may represent a cumulative total)
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Website (Chinese) : www.hebei.com.cn
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Han 96%,
Manchu 3%, Hui 0.8%, Mongol 0.3%
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GDP (2002) : 612.3 billion yuan
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Website (English) : not available
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| Organization : 11 prefectures; 172
counties; 2207 townships
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GDP per capita (2002) : 9091 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 67,350,000
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Industry : building materials,
ceramics, chemicals, electronics, food processing, machinery, metallurgy,
petroleum extraction, pharmaceuticals, steel, textiles
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Airports : Shijiazhuang Daguocun
International Airport (SJW), Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport (SHP)
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| Population density : 359/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: http://www.china.org.cn
/english/features/55623.htm
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Highways/railroads : over 40,000 km
of highways including over 1,000 km of expressways; rail coverage is the
densest of any Chinese province with fifteen trunk lines connecting Hebei with
other Chinese cities
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| Weather : hot, wet summers; cold, dry
winters
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Mineral resources : coal, iron,
molybdenum, petroleum, zinc
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Major seaports : Qinhuangdao,
Jingtang, Tianjin and Huanghua (under construction)
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