Chengde
Chengde
承德市 Chengte, Jehol | |
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Clockwise from top: Jinshanling, Mountain Resort, Skyline of Chengde, Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Sledgehammer Peak | |
Interactive map of Chengde | |
Chengde Location of the city centre in Hebei Chengde Chengde (Northern China) Chengde Chengde (China) | |
| Coordinates (Chengde municipal government): 40°57′11″N 117°57′47″E / 40.953°N 117.963°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Settled | 1681 |
| Established | November 15, 1983 |
| Municipal seat | Shuangqiao District |
| Area | |
| 39,519 km2 (15,258 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 724.03 km2 (279.55 sq mi) |
| • Districts | 1,252.7 km2 (483.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 327 m (1,073 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 3,473,200 | |
| • Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 920,395 |
| • Urban density | 1,271.2/km2 (3,292.4/sq mi) |
| • Districts | 642,000 |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 135.9 billion US$ 21.8 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 38,506 US$6,182 |
| Area code | 314 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HE-08 |
| License Plate Prefix | 冀H |
| Website | http://www.chengde.gov.cn |
City tree
Pagoda Tree City flower Rugosa Rose | |
| Chengde | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 承德 | ||||||||
| Postal | Chengte | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Upholding Virtue Receiving Virtue | ||||||||
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| Rehe | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 熱河(兒) | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 热河(儿) | ||||||||
| Postal | Jehol | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Hot River | ||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Халуун гол | ||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠭᠣᠣᠯ | ||||||||
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| Manchu name | |||||||||
| Manchu script | ᡝᡵᡩᡝᠮᡠ ᠪᡝ ᠠᠯᡳᡥᠠ | ||||||||
| Abkai | Erdemu Be Aliha | ||||||||
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 also known for being the closest to Standard Chinese, which took several inspirations from the Chengde dialect. 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%.