There are 11 cities in Hebei, namely Shijiazhuang City, Tangshan City, Chengde City, Hengshui City, Cangzhou City, Zhangjiakou City, Handan City, Xingtai City, Langfang City, Qinhuangdao City, and Baoding City.

Hebei Province, referred to as "Hebei", is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China and the provincial capital Shijiazhuang. It is located at 36°05′-42°40′ north latitude and 113°27′-119° east longitude. 50′, it surrounds the capital city of Beijing, is adjacent to Tianjin City in the east and close to the Bohai Sea, borders Shandong and Henan Provinces in the southeast and south, borders the Taihang Mountains in the west and is adjacent to Shanxi, borders the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the northwest and north, and borders the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the northwest and northeast. It borders Liaoning Province, with a total area of ??188,800 square kilometers.

Hebei Province has 11 prefecture-level cities under its jurisdiction, namely Shijiazhuang City, Tangshan City, Chengde City, Hengshui City, Cangzhou City, Zhangjiakou City, Handan City, Xingtai City, Langfang City, Qinhuangdao City, and Baoding City. city. As of the end of 2022, the permanent population of Hebei Province was 74.2 million.

Hebei Province’s natural resources

Hebei Province is relatively rich in animal resources. There are more than 530 species of terrestrial (including amphibian) vertebrates known, accounting for approximately 29.0% of similar animal species in the country. Among them, there are more than 80 species of mammals, accounting for about 20.3% of the country's total; more than 420 species of birds, accounting for about 36.1% of the country's total; there are 19 species of reptiles and 10 species of amphibians respectively.

The province has 137 species of national and provincial key protected animals. Among the wild animal resources, there are many nationally precious and rare species. Among birds, the brown-eared pheasant is endemic to Hebei. It is a rare bird in the world and is a national protected animal. Other rare animals include white-crowned long-tailed pheasant, swans, macaques, and leopards. , green sheep, yellow sheep, ferret, etc.

Hebei Province is rich in grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, carp, crucian carp, bream, black fish, eel, shrimp, crab, etc. The fine-scaled fish on the dam, the crucian carp in Guyuan, the sweetfish and amphioxus in Qinhuangdao, and the mandarin fish and mandarin fish in Baiyangdian are all famous.

There are more than 110 kinds of coastal fish: hairtail, croaker, barracuda, flounder, flatfish, flatfish, pomfret, noodle fish, cuttlefish, etc. There are more than 20 kinds of shrimps, among which the Pipa shrimp has the largest output, and the prawns are well-known at home and abroad. There are more than 10 kinds of crabs, which are also famous. Shellfish include clams, green clams, razor clams, oysters, clams, etc. Algae include seaweed, Gelidium, sea cucumber, etc.

Hebei Province is one of the provinces rich in plant resources in China. The total number of plant species in the province is 204 families, 940 genera, and more than 2,800 species, including 21 families of ferns, accounting for 40.4% of the country's total; 7 families of gymnosperms, accounting for 70% of the country's total; and 144 families of angiosperms, accounting for 49.5% of the country's total. . Among them, the national key protected plants include wild soybean, Fraxinus mandshurica, cork bark, purple linden, coral plant, etc.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Hebei Province