Prefecture-level city Cangzhou Elevation 14 m (45 ft) Website hejian.gov.cn Local time Sunday 5:13 PM Province Hebei | City seat Yingzhou Town (瀛州镇) Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Area 1,333 km² Postal code 62450 Area code 0317 | |
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Country People's Republic of China Weather 19°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 23% Humidity | ||
Hejian (simplified Chinese: 河间; traditional Chinese: 河間; pinyin: Héjiān; Wade–Giles: Ho Chien; alternative romanizations: Ho Dsien[1], Ho-kien[-fou]) is a county-level city of Cangzhou City, in east-central Hebei province, China. As of 2004, the population was ca. 770,000 inhabitants and the city territory was 1,333 km2 (515 sq mi). Hejian is situated along China National Highway 106.
Contents
Map of Hejian, Cangzhou, Hebei, China
History
Séraphin Couvreur (1835–1919) and Léon Wieger (1856–1933), two French Jesuit missionaries and renowned Sinologists worked at the Catholic Jesuit mission in Hejian.
Administrative divisions
There are 7 towns (镇) and 13 townships (乡):
References
Hejian Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA