Gaocheng District

Gaocheng 藁城区
District
Liangcun railway station
Gaocheng Location in Hebei
Coordinates: 38°01′19″N 114°50′49″E / 38.022°N 114.847°E / 38.022; 114.847Coordinates: 38°01′19″N 114°50′49″E / 38.022°N 114.847°E / 38.022; 114.847
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Prefecture-level city	Shijiazhuang
Township-level divisions	13 towns 1 ethnic township
Municipal seat	Lianzhou
Area
• Total	836 km2 (323 sq mi)
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	775,100
• Density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	052100
Area code(s)	0311
Website	www.gc.gov.cn/web/index.htm

Gaocheng (simplified Chinese: 藁城区; traditional Chinese: 藁城區; pinyin: Gǎochéng Qū; lit. 'Straw City') is one of eight districts of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, North China, on the upper reaches of the Hutuo River (滹沱河). The city has a total area of 836 square kilometres (323 sq mi) and in 2010 had a population of 743,000.^[1]

History[]

In 113 BCE, during the Western Han Dynasty, Cheng County (城縣) was established, and renamed as Gaocheng County (藁城縣) during the Yuan Dynasty. The present county-level was established in July 1989.

Administrative divisions[]

There are 13 towns and 1 township.^[2]

Towns:

• Lianzhou (廉州镇), Gangshang (岗上镇), Nandong (南董镇), Xing'an (兴安镇), Nanmeng (南孟镇), Meihua (梅花镇), Chang'an (常安镇), Zengcun (增村镇), Xiguan (西关镇), Zhangjiazhuang (张家庄镇), Jiashizhuang (贾市庄镇), Qiutou (丘头镇), Nanying (南营镇)

Townships:

• Jiumen Hui Ethnic Township (九门回族乡)

Transport[]

• G1811 Huanghua−Shijiazhuang Expressway
• China National Highway 307

References[]

External links[]

• (in Chinese) Gaocheng Window, official government page

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