Hebei Province is referred to as Hebei, the capital of Shijiazhuang and the economic center of Tangshan. Hebei Province is located in the east longitude 1 13 04' to 1 19 53', and the north latitude is 36 0 1' to 42 37'. It is located in North China, north of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, bordering Bohai Sea and Beijing in the east, Taihang Mountain in the west and Yanshan Mountain in the north. Xiaowutai Mountain (2882m above sea level), the highest peak in the province, accounts for 43% of the plains below100m above sea level. It borders Tianjin in the east, the Bohai Sea, Shandong and Henan provinces in the southeast and south, Shanxi Province in the west, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the northwest and north, and Liaoning in the northeast.