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Congtai District

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Prefecture-level city
  
Handan

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
28 km²

Province
  
Hebei

Elevation
  
61 m (199 ft)

Postal code
  
056004

Local time
  
Sunday 3:54 AM

Country
  
People's Republic of China

Weather
  
6°C, Wind N at 16 km/h, 64% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Handan Museum, Longhu Park, Huanle Xintiandi Recreation Ground, Xingha Children's Paradise

Congtai District (simplified Chinese: 丛台区; traditional Chinese: 叢台區; pinyin: Cóngtái Qū) is a district of the city of Handan, Hebei, People's Republic of China, with a population of 330,000 residing in an area of just 28 km2 (11 sq mi).

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Map of Congtai, Handan, Hebei, China, 056000

The district seats the Handan's executive, legislature and judiciary, together with its CPC and Public Security bureaus.

Administration

As of 2009, the district comprises 10 street committees and 1 township (乡, xiang). There are a total of 70 block committees under these Subdistricts:

Street Committee

  • Renmin Road Subdistrict (人民路街道)
  • Zhonghua Subdistrict (中华街道)
  • East Congtai Subdistrict (丛台东街道)
  • West Congtai Subdistrict (丛台西街道)
  • Guangmingqiao Subdistrict (光明桥街道)
  • Qinhe Subdistrict (沁河街道)
  • Heping Subdistrict (和平街道)
  • Liulinqiao Subdistrict (柳林桥街道)
  • East Lianfang Subdistrict (联纺东街道)
  • West Lianfang Subdistrict (联纺西街道)
  • Township

  • Sucao Township (苏曹乡)
  • Congtai in the news

    Congtai was the setting - before its district judiciary, if not before the superior municipal one - of the March 2010 trial of a Sucao Township village chief for the murder of his predecessor, the Handan legislator Guo Chengzhi.

    References

    Congtai District Wikipedia