Niangzi Pass
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| Traversed by | Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan railway, Shanxi Provincial Road S315 |
| Location | Border between Shanxi and Hebei provinces |
| Range | Taihang Mountains |
| Coordinates | 37°58′01.34″N 113°52′40.65″E / 37.9670389°N 113.8779583°E |
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| Traditional Chinese | 娘子關 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 娘子关 | ||||||
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Niangzi Pass (simplified Chinese: 娘子关; traditional Chinese: 娘子關; pinyin: Niángzǐ Guān), also called the Ladies' Pass, is a mountain pass west of Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province in North China. One of the major passages from Shanxi Province to Hebei Province across the Taihang Mountains, it is 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of Shijiazhuang, at the point where the Shitai Railway (Shijiazhuang--Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi) crosses the border between the two provinces on its way to Taiyuan.