Handan

E69108

city prefecture-level city

Handan is a historic industrial city in southern Hebei Province, China, known as a former capital of the ancient State of Zhao and an important regional transportation and manufacturing hub.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → prefecture-level city →
administrativeLevel	prefecture-level →
climate	monsoon-influenced humid continental climate →
country	China →
formerCapitalOf	State of Zhao →
governingBody	Handan Municipal Government →
hasCounty	Chengan County → Cixian County → Daming County → Feixiang County → Guangping County → Guantao County → Jize County → Linzhang County → Qiuxian County → Shexian County → Wei County → Yongnian District →
hasCountyLevelCity	Wu’an →
hasDistrict	Congtai District → Fengfeng Mining District → Fuxing District → Hanshan District →
historicalPeriod	Warring States period →
historicalRegion	Central Plains →
historicalRole	military stronghold in Warring States period → political center of State of Zhao →
historicalSite	Zhao King City ruins →
isCapitalOf	Handan City →
knownFor	coal mining → heavy industry → historical sites → manufacturing → steel production → transportation hub →
language	Mandarin Chinese →
locatedIn	Hebei Province → North China → southern Hebei →
majorDialect	Jilu Mandarin →
partOf	Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region →
region	southern Hebei plain →
subdivisionOf	Hebei Province →
timeZone	China Standard Time →
transportHubFor	highways → railways → regional logistics →
utcOffset	+8 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hebei →	hasMajorCity
China National Highway 106 →	passesThroughCity