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Hengshui
Shanxicity
Hengshui
Total population
4,435,400
Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Hengshui is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong to the southeast. It borders the cities of Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei, to the west, Xingtai to the south, and Baoding and Cangzhou to the north. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,212,933 inhabitants, out of whom 805,000 lived in the built-up area made of Taocheng urban district. At the end of 2024, the city's resident population was 4.1299 million, down 27,700 from the end of the previous year. The urbanization rate of the resident population is 58.17%. It is on the Beijing–Kowloon railway.
History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Japanese dodderCuscuta japonica Choisy · Magnoliopsida1
- Japanese HopHumulus scandens (Lour.) Merr. · Magnoliopsida1
- Stephen's stork's billErodium stephanianum Willd. · Magnoliopsida1
- Seven-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta1
- Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila Vigors, 1831 · Aves1
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.6 — 2025-07-2533 km SW of Linfen, China
- M 4.5 — 2025-01-1030 km WNW of Linfen, China
- M 4.3 — 2022-09-1217 km NE of Yima, China
- M 3.9 — 2016-03-2615 km SSE of Yuncheng, China
- M 4.8 — 2016-03-1220 km ESE of Yuncheng, China
- M 4 — 2011-01-1547 km N of Yuncheng, China
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Shanxi
Geography & sun
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)