Hengshui is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, China, on the Beijing-Kowloon railway line, with a population of 4,212,933 at the 2020 census and about 805,000 in the urban area centered on Taocheng district. Known as Peach City and Lake City, it has a long cultural history reaching back to the Three Kingdoms period and is linked to the Western Han philosopher Dong Zhongshu. Hengshui is noted for traditional inside painting on snuff bottles and for heritage sites including the Jingxian Fengshi Tombs, and it has a cold semi-arid climate with hot humid summers and cold dry winters.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Hengshui (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 4,212,933 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 37.73484, longitude 115.68599
P2046 (area)
area 8836.78 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 4212933 (2020)
View the Source2. Hengshui (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia infobox 'Settled' = '1265' on 'Hengshui'
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source3. GeoNames: Hengshui - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1808392
37.73908 115.68348 P PPLA2 CN 10 1311 522147 22 Asia/Shanghai
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 22 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 115.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 115.75
37.75 115.75 BSk
Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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