Description
Shijiazhuang is the capital and most populous city of China's Hebei Province. A prefecture-level city 266 kilometres (165 mi) southwest of Beijing, it administers eight districts, three county-level cities and eleven counties, and is east of the Taihang Mountains, which extend over 400 km (250 mi) from north to south with an average elevation of 1,500 to 2,000 m.