Guyuan County | |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Hebei |
Pushpin Label: | Guyuan |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Hebei |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Hebei |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Zhangjiakou |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 41.6667°N 156°W |
Elevation Max M: | 2123 |
Elevation Min M: | 1356 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Guyuan County is a county under the administration of Zhangjiakou, Hebei, People's Republic of China. It was once part of the province of Chahar, and now borders Inner Mongolia. The area of the city is, and the population as of 2004 is 230,000. Bordering county-level divisions are Fengning Manchu Autonomous County to the east, Chicheng County and Chongli District to the south, Zhangbei and Kangbao counties to the west, and, in Inner Mongolia, Taibus Banner, Zhenglan Banner and Duolun County to the north.[1] It is a primarily mountainous county in northern Hebei, and thus has a cold climate with long, bitter winters and mild summers.
There are 4 towns (Chinese: 镇), 9 townships (Chinese: 乡), and 1 ethnic township (Chinese: 民族乡)
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