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Shijiazhuang Family Village") is a prefecture-level city about 320 kilometers south of Beijing and the capital of Hebei province. Its population was estimated at around 9 million in total and at 2.1 million for the urban area (city proper) in 2004.

Shijiazhuang is a relatively new city, established in the 1950s. Its name still retains the character for "village" (i S: 庄). After becoming the capital of Hebei province in the 1970s, it expanded rapidly. The population of the urban core increased from half a million to 2.1 million in only 30 years.

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Shijiazhuang is an important industrial city and is considered the economic center of Hebei. Main industries include textile-, pharmaceutical- and chemical-related industries.

As a young industrial city, Shijiazhuang city proper is generally considered to have relatively few sights of historical or cultural interest. Exceptions are:

However, several sites of historical and cultural significance are located in the surrounding area, including:

Shijiazhuang is a transportation hub: it is at the intersection point of the Beijing-Guangzhou , Taiyuan-Dezhou, and Shuozhou-Huanghua railroads and many expressways, including the Beijing-Shenzhen and Taiyuan-Cangzhou Expressways. The airport has flight connections to major cities in China.