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Chengde
Hebei, China · Asia
About Chengde
Chengde sits on the route: 5 minutes from Shuangqiao.
Chengde is in Hebei, China, with about 450,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Shuangqiao, about 4 km away.
Chengde, formerly known as Jehol and Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about 225 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence. Its local dialect is alsoRead more
known for being the closest to Standard Chinese. The permanent resident population is approximately 3,473,200 in 2017. At the end of 2024, the total resident population of the city was 3,285,700, a decrease of 16,500 from the end of the previous year. The urbanization rate of the resident population is 59.77%.
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Chengde is in Hebei, China, about 4 km from Shuangqiao.
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- Population
- 449,325
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Region
- Hebei
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 40.9519, 117.9588
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