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Handan is a major city in southwestern Hebei Province, China, with a population of over 9 million residents and a significant urban center. The city serves as an important regional hub, positioned at the intersection of four provinces and playing a key role in Hebei's economy and development.
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Get in
thumb|Location of Handan city in Hebei and China
Get around
Buses in Handan, as in any large city in China, are frequent and cheap: just ¥1 for a journey, whatever the distance. Bus with air conditioner will charge ¥2. bus map
Taxis are plentiful with the flag-drop just ¥6.
Buy
At the crossing of 邯山街 and 贸易路 a lot of small shops can be found selling everything from pigeons and vegetables to kitchenware.
Eat
Eat a traditional Chinese breakfast on the street. Street vendors usually serve breakfast from 06:00-09:00, some of which are type of soup such as 豆浆, 豆沫, 豆腐脑儿, 小米粥, 胡辣汤. You can drink it with 油条, deep fried dough sticks that can be sweet or salted. There are vendors in each street, for instance in front of the Renmin Street Mosque or on Congtai Street in front of 政通小区.thumb|Donkey Meat Hotpot|215x215px
Sleep
Congtai Grand Hotel (丛台大酒店) is probably the best address in town. Rooms from ¥360. At Renmin East Road near the Congtai Park (河北省邯郸市人民东路126号).
Go next
Many destinations from the bus station or the railway station. For instance you can go to Mount Tai (泰山) from the long distance bus station. It takes 5 hours and costs ¥87.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Article · 中文
邯郸市，简称邯，是中华人民共和国河北省下辖的地级市，经国务院批准拥有地方立法权的较大的市，位于河北省最南端，因邯山至此尽而得名，有「河北南大门」之称。市境北接邢台市，东临山东省聊城市，南界河南省安阳市、濮阳市，西邻山西省晋中市、长治市。地处太行山脈东麓，华北平原中部，晋冀鲁豫四省交界之地，地理位置十分重要。地势西高东低。西部为山地丘陵带，东部为冲积平原区。滏阳河、漳河、洺河等自西向东流经市境。全市总面积12,065平方公里，人口943.3万，主城区人口达367.42万人，市人民政府驻丛台区。 邯郸历史悠久，是中原文明重要的发祥地之一，为国家历史文化名城。距今8000年前就有新石器早期的磁山文化；春秋战国时期，邯郸作为赵国都城达百余年，前后经历八代国君，是当时中国北方政治、文化、经济、交通中心；秦始皇统一六国后，邯郸遭到战乱破坏，由当时的赵国国都贬为一个郡；西汉时期和关中的长安、中原的洛阳、山东的临淄、西南的成都共享“五都盛名”；东汉末年到三国时期，邯郸南部的邺城（今临漳县）逐渐兴起，袁绍、曹魏等势力先后占据邺城而称霸天下；南北朝时，先后有后赵、冉魏、前燕、东魏、北齐在此建都；隋朝时隋炀帝下令火焚邺城，邺城遭到毁灭；到北宋时，邯郸东部地区的大名县成为北宋“陪都”为北京大名府。明清时期，邯郸隶属广平府、彰德府；民国初年，邯郸隶属直隶省冀南道，1993年国务院批准，实行地市合并，邯郸地区周围所辖各县划归到邯郸市，称邯郸市。 邯郸是中国成语之城，“邯郸学步”从某种意义上代表赵国都城的风雅。
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