Also known as Baoding Shi
中华人民共和国河北省的地级市
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Baoding is a prefecture-level city in China, situated in the Hebei province. It has at various times been located within the administrative entities of Zhili, the Provisional Government of the Republic of China, and the Wang Jingwei regime. The city contains the administrative districts of Jingxiu, Lianchi, Mancheng, and Qingyuan. Its official name is 保定市, and it shares borders with Shijiazhuang, Hengshui, Cangzhou, and Langfang.
The city has a population of 11,544,036 and covers an area of 22,184.95 square kilometers. It is twinned with Charlotte, Yonago, Hafnarfjörður, and Saijō-shi. Baoding is located in the UTC+08:00 time zone, with a postal code of 071000 and a local dialing code of 312. The license plate code for the region is 冀F.
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Vinony's link graph records 1,358 inbound references to 保定市, and connects out to Baiyang Lake, Mancheng District and list of current and former capitals of subdivisions of China.
It is catalogued under topics including Baoding, Cities in Hebei and National Famous Historical and Cultural City.
Vinony links it to 57 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- 保定市
- Region
- 河北省
- Country
- 中国
- Population
- 2,739,887
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Baoding
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.other_name
- Paoting
- Settlement.native_name
- 保定市
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh
- Settlement.nickname
- Boot-Shaped City ()
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 6
- Settlement.mapframe point
- none
- Settlement.map_caption1
- Location of Baoding City jurisdiction in Hebei
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Hebei#China Northern Plain#China
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 225px
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the city centre in Hebei
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hebei
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County-level divisions
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 保定市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Zhili
- Population
- 11544036
- Area
- 22184.95
- Elevation
- 25
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Datong
- Official website
- www.baoding.gov.cn
- Image
- 保定市天际线 - 航拍 - 2025-10-24 01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 312
- Licence plate code
- 冀F
Show 9 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Sønderborg Municipality
- Commons category
- Baoding
- topic's main category
- Category:Baoding
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Baoding
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Baoding
- postal code
- 071000
- hashtag
- Baoding
- P12749
- Sobradinho Dam
- native label
- 保定
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
thumb|Location in China
Administratively, Baoding is vast with the prefecture's land area encompassing 11 million inhabitants. The metro area has a population of 2 million. There are several outerlying counties far from the center. In the north is Yi County has a multi-site tourist complex centered on the Western Qing Tombs that includes a Yishui Lake and a historic town. In the northwest of Baoding Prefecture is Laiyuan County which includes Baishi Mountain, one of north China's most picturesque mountains.
Baoding was razed by the Mongols in the 13th century but was reconstructed under the Yuan dynasty, during which it received its contemporary name. It flourished as a cultural hub throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. During the Qing Dynasty, Baoding housed the Viceroy of Zhili, a key administrative role overseeing Zhili Province—now primarily Hebei. This position held significant sway in imperial court politics, given the province encircled Beijing. The viceroy's office is now a museum.
Get around
Taxis are plentiful. There is no metro system. Notably, some of the regular city buses are given a sort of fake 'antique' or actual 'museum' feel with plastic lining made to look like wood and some local specialties like ornate fans or bottles of liquor exhibited inside.
Do
thumb|Lianchi Academy Museum|242x242px
thumb|295x295px|Baoding Banquet Food Culture Museum
Buy
thumb|Baoding Balls
Xidajie (West Street) is the main historical shopping street in the area, reopened in 2022 after renovations. A bustling hub for visitors, this street draws comparisons to Nanluoguxiang in Beijing and other historical shopping streets across China. One thing that sets Xidajie apart is a unique local offering: a shop specializing in Baoding balls (look for the storefront with the big sign 保定铁球). These traditional Chinese relaxation tools, consisting of two metal balls that are rotated in one hand, are a famed cultural hallmark of the city.
Eat
thumb|Donkey burgers Baoding is famous around China for donkey burgers (驴肉火烧), which are sandwiches stuffed with donkey meat.
Drink
thumb|243x243px|Chao Martini Bar
Go next
Shijiazhuang - the modern day provincial capital to the south Zunhua - Visit the Eastern Qing Tombs after seeing the Western Qing Tombs
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Article · 中文
保定市，简称保，古称保州、清苑，是中华人民共和国河北省下辖的地级市，位于河北省中部偏西，是京津石高新技术产业带的重要城市。市境北临北京市、张家口市，东接廊坊市、沧州市，南邻石家庄市、衡水市，西界山西省大同市、忻州市。地处华北平原北部，太行山东麓，地势西高东低；拒马河、唐河、大沙河等由西向东流入白洋淀及大清河。全市总面积22,185平方公里，人口1,154.4万，为河北省人口最多的地级市，市人民政府驻竞秀区。保定为清代直隶省省会及直隶总督驻地，曾为中华民国、中华人民共和国河北省的省会，现为国家历史文化名城，京津冀地区中心城市之一。
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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