|
 Hebei
is a
northern
province
of
the
People's
Republic
of
China.
Its
one-character
abbreviation
is
"冀",
named
after
Ji
Province,
a
Han
Dynasty
province
(zhou)
that
included
southern
Hebei.
The
name
Hebei
means
"north
of
the
(Yellow)
River".
Zhili
meaning
"Directly
Ruled
(by
the
Imperial
Court)",
was
the
name
of
Hebei
before
1928.
Hebei
completely
surrounds
Beijing
and
Tianjin
municipalities
(which
also
border
each
other).
It
borders
Liaoning
to
the
northeast,
Inner
Mongolia
to
the
north,
Shanxi
to
the
west,
Henan
to
the
south,
and
Shandong
to
the
southeast.
Bohai
Bay
of
the
Yellow
Sea
is
to
the
east.
A
small
part
of
Hebei,
an
exclave
disjointed
from
the
rest
of
the
province,
is
wedged
between
the
municipalities
of
Beijing
and
Tianjin.
A
common
alternate
name
for
Hebei
is
Yānzhào,
after
the
state
of
Yan
and
state
of
Zhao
that
existed
here
during
the
Warring
States
Period
of
early
Chinese
history. |
