Xinji

Xinji 辛集市
Sub-prefecture-level city
Country	China
Province	Hebei
Prefecture-level city	Shijiazhuang
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Xinji(辛集，Xīnjí) is a county-level city with sub-prefecture-level city status, located under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang of Hebei Province in northern China. There are 8 towns (镇，zhèn) and 7 townships (乡，xiāng) under the administration of Xinji.

Geography

• Population: The population is 610,000 in the year 2003.
• Area: 951 km2
  • Latitude: about 38° N
  • Longitude: about 115° E
• Area code: +86+311
• Post Code: 052360
• Driving Plate: 冀AF

The city is located in North China Plain. The downtown area is about 7.7 km long, with a width 4.3 km.

Administrative divisions

Xinji City is sub-divided into 8 towns and 7 townships within its jurisdiction.

Towns:

• Xinji (辛集镇), Zhangguzhuang (张古庄镇), Weibo (位伯镇), Jiucheng (旧城镇), Xinleitou (新垒头镇), Xincheng (新城镇), Nanzhiqiong (南智邱镇), Wangkou (王口镇)

Townships:

• Xiaoxinzhuang Township (小辛庄乡), Zhonglixiang Township (中里厢乡), Tiangongying Township (天宫营乡), Qianying Township (前营乡), Hemujing Township (和睦井乡), Tianjiazhuang Township (田家庄乡), Mazhuang Township (马庄乡)

History

Xinji was formerly named Shulu County (束鹿县，Shùlù Xian), and became a county-level city in 1986.

External links

• Official website of Xinji government
• Blog: http://blog.ixinji.com
• Information： http://www.ixinji.com