承德英文简介

 地点）Location:

　　located between north latitude 4011'- 4240' and east longitude11554' - 11915' in the northeast of the Hebei province, the hinterland of Yanshan Mountain Chain; 435 kilometers away from its provincial capital, Shijiazhuang, 256 kilometers from Beijing

　　（相邻区域）Neighboring Areas:

　　Beijing and Tianjin Municipalities; Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Liaoning provinces; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

　　（地理状况）Physical Feature:

　　consisted of two type of landforms: plateau and hilly area; with the specified three-dimensional land resource; being surrounded by mountains

　　（总人口）Population: 3.53 million

　　（城市人口）Urban Population: 0.20 million

　　（面积）Area: 40,000 sq km

　　（民族）Nationalities: Han, Hui, Manchu, Mongolian and Korean

　　（历史）History: a famous cultural city with about 300 years history; used to be the second political center in the Qing dynasty, with the largest extant royal garden in China; commonly called as "Rehe", for the sake of having the ever flowing and unfrozen spring here; used to be the provincial capital of Rehe province in 1928

　　（气候特点）Climatic Features: temperate continental monsoon and hilly area climate; four seasons clearly; cold winters without cold current; cool summers without hot period; with enough sunshine of 2000 hours annually and frost-free period of 110-220 days

　　（平均温度）Average Temperature: 4-13C annually

　　（降雨量）Rainfall: annual precipitation 800 mm

　　（山）Mountains: Mt. Luohanshan, Mt. Tianqiaoshan, Mt. Jiguanshan, Mt. Shuangtashan, Mt. Yuanbaoshan, Mt. Wulingshan, the Yanshan Mountain Chain

　　（河）Rivers: Luanhe River, Beisanhe River, Liaohe River, Dalinghe River, Wuliehe River, Chenghu Lake, Ruyihu Lake, Jinghu Lake

　　（民间艺术）Local Highlights: Hebeibangzi, Pingju Drama