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Shijiazhuang (zh-stp |s=石家庄 |t=石家莊 |p=Sh?jiāzhuāng, literally: Stone Home Village) is a prefecture-level city about 320 kilometer south of Beijing and the capital of Hebei Province of China|Province. Its population was estimated at around 9 million in total and at 2.1 million for the urban area in 2004. Shijiazhuang is a young city only established in '50s of 20th century. Its name still retains the character for "village" (zhuang, in Chinese 莊 or 庄). After becoming the capital of Hebei Province in '70s of 20th century, it expanded rapidly. Its population increased from half million to 2.1 million in the short space of 30 years. Image:ShijiazhuangNight.jpg|thumb|right|Night view Shijiazhuang has direct juridiction over:
Shijiazhuang is an important industrial city and is the economic center of Hebei. The main industries include textiles, pharmacy and chemical-related industries. As young industrial city, Shijiazhuang proper has few sights of historical or cultural interest. Exceptions are:
However, several sites of historical and cultural significance are located in the surrounding areas such as:
Image:Shijiazhuang central.jpg|thumb|300px|Downtown Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang is a transportation hub: it is at the intersection point of the Beijing-Guangzhou , Taiyuan-Dezhou, and Shuozhou-Huanghua railroads and many expressways, including the Beijing-Shenzhen and Taiyuan-Cangzhou Expressways. The airport has flight connections to major cities in China.
china-geo-stub Hebei de:Shijiazhuang ja:石家荘 zh:石家庄 Category:Cities in China commons|Shijiazhuang This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Shijiazhuang".
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