Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang is the capital and most populous city of China's Hebei Province, located 266 kilometres (165 mi) southwest of Beijing.
Shijiazhuang is the capital and most populous city of China's Hebei Province, located 266 kilometres (165 mi) southwest of Beijing. It administers eight districts, three county-level cities and eleven counties, and is east of the Taihang Mountains, which extend over 400 km (250 mi) from north to south with an average elevation of 1,500 to 2,000 m.
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Worth seeing in and around Shijiazhuang
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tianshan Gate of the World Plots 27 and 28
Tianshan Gate of the World Plots 27 and 28 is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Shijiazhuang, China, by the Tianshan Gate of the World Block A, International Finance Center. It will be 450 metres tall.
8.3 km · building in Tianshan Gate of the World Plots 27 and 28, China · Wikipedia - 02Hebei Library
Hebei Library is a library located in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. The library first opened in 1909, changed its name and location several times since then, and also did not exist from 1961 to 1987.
800 m · library in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China · Wikipedia - 03Hebei Normal University
Hebei Normal University is a public research university in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China. It is a provincial key university with more than 100 years of history.
5.1 km · university in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China · Wikipedia - 04Hebei Museum
The Hebei Museum is located in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei Province, China. It first opened in April 1953 in Baoding.
1.2 km · museum in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China · Wikipedia - 05Hebei Medical University
Hebei Medical University is a university in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, under the provincial government. It was established in 1894, making it one of the oldest in China, and is an AAA graded medical school in China.
2.2 km · university in China · Wikipedia - 06Shijiazhuang Tiedao University
Shijiazhuang Tiedao University is a national key university in China, specialised in transportation science, engineering and technology and information technology, etc. STDU is currently under the joint administration of the People's Government of Hebei Province, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence of the People's Republic of China and National Railway Administration of the People's Republic of China.
4.5 km · university in Hebei, China · Wikipedia - 07Hebei GEO University
Hebei Geo University, is a provincial public university in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
4.3 km · The university is well known for the Geological deparment , but also include other majors. · Wikipedia - 08Hebei Institute of Physical Education
The Hebei Institute of Physical Education is a sports institute in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. Founded in 1984, the institute merged with the Hebei Sports School in 2002.
9.1 km · sports institute in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
There are a number of sightseeing places in the area, both natural and historic. Most are not in the city.
- 01Bailin Monastery
- 02North China Military Martyrs Cemetery
A large park with multiple memorials to those who fought and died in the anti-Japanese war.
- 03Pilu Monastery
- 04Zhaozhou Bridge
- 05Hebei Museum
- 06Shijiazhuang Museum
From Wikivoyage: Shijiazhuang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Tianshan Sea World (天山海世界), 116 Tianshan Ave (桥东区高新技术产业天山大街116号). A family themed water park.
From Wikivoyage: Shijiazhuang, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Shijiazhuang
- Airports
- Shijiazhuang Zhengding (SJW), 31 km · Taiyuan Wusu (TYN), 168 km · Beijing Daxing (PKX), 231 km
- Stations
- Shijiazhuang railway station, 4.7 km · Shijiazhuang North railway station, 5.2 km
- Taiyuan → Shijiazhuang169 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · ¥85–110
- Beijing → Shijiazhuang266 km · quickest by road, 4h 10m · ¥115–150
- Datong → Shijiazhuang250 km · quickest by road, 5h 41m · ¥140–185
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shijiazhuang
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Shijiazhuang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang is 21 km from Luancheng, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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