Handan, referred to as "Han" for short, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, a second-class big city, and a central city in southern Hebei Province approved by the State Council. By the end of 2022, the city had jurisdiction over six districts, 1/county,1county-level city, with a total area of 12066 square kilometers and a permanent population of 928 1 10,000. Handan is located at the southern end of Hebei Province, west of Taihang Mountain.
The eastern part of North China Plain, bordering Shanxi, Shandong and Henan provinces, is a regional central city for the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the Central Plains Economic Zone, and also an old industrial base for national key construction. Handan is an important node connecting east and west and connecting north and south. Domestic railways include Beijing-Guangzhou, Hanchang, Han Ji, Huang Han and Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway. There are 6 expressways, 7 national highways and provincial highways 17.
City introduction
Handan is a national historical and cultural city with a history of 365,438+000 years. During the Warring States Period, Handan was the capital of Zhao, reaching 158. During the Western Han Dynasty, Handan was the capital of Zhao (a vassal state), and it was also called the "five capitals" with Luoyang, Linzi, Wancheng and Chengdu. During the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, Yecheng (now Linzhang County) in the south of Handan was the ancient capital of Cao Wei, Hou Zhao, Yan Qian, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi.
During the Five Dynasties, the eastern part of Handan was originally the capital of the later Tang Dynasty, and later it was the capital of the later Tang Dynasty, the later Jin Dynasty, the later Han Dynasty, the later Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty. There are 1584 idioms and allusions from or related to Handan, which is known as "the capital of idioms and allusions in China". Handan is a national garden city, an excellent tourist city in China, a national greening model city and a national double-support model city.
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Handan City