Dingzhou

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Dingzhou

Total population

351,000

Coordinates38.51°, 115.00°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dingzhou, formerly romanized Tingchow and formerly known as Ding County or Dingxian, is a county-level city in the prefecture-level city of Baoding in Hebei Province, China. As of 2020, Dingzhou had a population of 1.1 million. Dingzhou has 3 subdistricts, 13 towns, 8 townships, and 1 ethnic township. Dingzhou is about halfway between Baoding and Shijiazhuang, 196 kilometers (122 mi) southwest of Beijing, and 68 kilometers (42 mi) northeast of Shijiazhuang.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

C

Cui Renshi

Chinese Chancellor

Empress Dowager Du

Song Dynasty empress dowager

L

Liu Guandao

Yuan dynasty painter (c.1258-1336)

L

Liu Zhanqi

Chinese police officer

L

Li Zhangwu

Wu person CBDB = 93041

M

Ma Guoqiang

Chinese politician

E

Emperor Ping of Han

emperor of the Han dynasty

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Hebei

• Xingtang
  24.8 mi away · pop. 75,100
• Shenze
  25.3 mi away · pop. 92,000
• Nanwangzhuang
  33.7 mi away
• Mancheng
  35.2 mi away
• Nandayuan
  35.3 mi away
• Yimuquan
  35.4 mi away
• Dongjinzhuang
  38.4 mi away
• Tangfeng
  38.8 mi away
• Baoxu
  39.1 mi away
• Suncun
  39.2 mi away
• Huiyang
  39.3 mi away
• Wanglinkou
  41.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Dingzhou

Zhi li Dingzhou zhi

Lin Bao · 1849

Dingzhou xu zhi

Rongji Wang · 1860

Zhong shan gu du

Qian Lin · 2008

定州續志

Rongji Wang · 1860

Su Dongpo zai Dingzhou

Zhancai Li · 2013

Dingzhou ren wu zhi

Jizong Zhang · 2010

Su Shi Dingzhou shi wen ping zhu

Xinhua Zhou · 2015

Dingzhou Shi nong ye ji xie hua zhi

Jianxiang Guo · 1991

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Chinese Yellow Swallowtail

Papilio xuthus

Seen 2026-09-11

Pholcus zichyi

Pholcus zichyi

Seen 2026-08-17

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Seen 2026-08-16

Oriental Magpie

Pica serica

Seen 2026-08-16

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Seen 2026-08-08

Neleon immanis

Neleon immanis

Seen 2025-08-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).