Where does the place name Zhangjiakou come from?

Zhangjiakou

Zhangjiakou City is located in the northwest of Hebei Province, spanning 113°50' to 116°30' east longitude and 39°30' to 42°10' north latitude, the largest distance between north and south. Nearly 300 kilometers, the maximum distance from east to west is about 228 kilometers, and the total area is 36,873 square kilometers.

Zhangjiakou City is a famous northern city with a long history and glorious tradition. Since ancient times, it has been an important military defense town and a land commercial port that entered the markets of Mongolia, Russia and Eastern Europe. As the Republic of China continues to move towards civilization, prosperity and strength, the ancient land of Zhangyuan has also undergone earth-shaking historical changes. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the hardworking people of Zhangjiakou worked hard and worked hard to overcome all difficulties and obstacles on the way forward and build a beautiful home. After arduous struggle, Zhangjiakou, which had a weak economic foundation, low industrial and agricultural production levels, and was poor and backward, was finally built into a new Zhangjiakou with a certain scale of national economy, political stability, and social progress. Especially after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the people of the city conscientiously implemented the Party Central Committee's policy of reform and opening up, firmly shifted the focus of work to the track centered on economic construction, and made the national economy and social undertakings flourish. Livelihoods and development at an unprecedented speed have made remarkable achievements.

Zhangjiakou has a superior geographical location and location advantages. Zhangjiakou is located at the junction of Beijing, Shanxi and Mongolia. It borders the capital Beijing to the east, the coal capital Datong to the west, the grasslands of Inner Mongolia to the north, and the hinterland of North China to the south. It faces the coast and is backed by the inland. It connects the Central Plains and northern Xinjiang and connects the central and western regions. An important link between resource-producing areas and the eastern economic belt.

--Have a strong and solid industrial foundation. Zhangjiakou is an early industrial city in northern China. It has a good industrial foundation and technological advantages. Now there are nearly 10,000 industrial enterprises in the city, including 89 large and medium-sized enterprises. It has formed a complete industrial system and is an important industrial city in Hebei Province.

--There are rich resources with huge potential. At present, there are more than 1,200 mineral deposits and mineralization points discovered in the city, and nearly 60 kinds of minerals. Among them, more than 10 kinds of mineral reserves rank first in the province. Zhangjiakou City is also one of the four developing bases for grain, vegetables, fruits and livestock in the north, and is listed as a foreign trade commodity production base.

--It has very convenient transportation and communication facilities. The Beijing-Baotou Railway passes through the urban area and the Daqin Railway runs east-west from the south of the city; highways extend in all directions, and National Highways 110, 112, and 207 pass through the urban area. The program-controlled telephones in urban areas and counties have been connected to the national network and can make direct calls to 232 countries and regions and all domestic cities with network access.

--There are unique places of interest and tourist attractions. The battlefield of the Yellow Emperor's Battle of Chiyou, the Paleolithic ruins of Nishiwan, the Great Wall Pass Dajingmen, and the Ming Dynasty building Qingyuan Tower are famous both at home and abroad; the Pearl Beyond the Great Wall Guanting Lake, the Bashang Grassland Resort, and the Cuiyun Mountain Ski Resort all represent northern scenery.

--Zhangjiakou has four distinct seasons and a pleasant climate. Midsummer has moderate humidity and dryness, and the cool breeze brings refreshment; in the severe winter, the ice and snow drift, and the powder is carved like jade.

On May 9, 1995, with the approval of the State Council, Zhangjiakou City officially opened to the outside world, and the city's economic construction and reform and opening up entered a new stage. At present, the people of the city are working hard to build an open, prosperous and civilized city in accordance with the guiding ideology of "relying on Beijing and Tianjin, going abroad, attracting internal and external connections, connecting advantages, starting from a high point, and leaping forward to develop" proposed by the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. The city enters the new century.

Zhangjiakou City

is located in the northwest of Hebei Province, China. It has always been a transportation hub, military location and land commercial port between Hebei and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is known as the North Gate of the capital. It covers an area of ??2,964 square kilometers (including 710 square kilometers in the urban area). In 1990, the population was 996,500 (including 674,800 in the urban area). The ethnic groups include Han, Hui, Manchu, Mongolian, etc. In the fourth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty (1429), Zhangjiakou Fort was built and belonged to Xuanfu Town, the capital. In the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Wanquan County, Xuanhua Prefecture. In 1928, it became the capital of Chahar Province. It was established as a city in 1945 and became the seat of the government of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region. In the same year, it was changed to the capital of Chahar Province. In 1952, it was classified as a municipality under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province. Xuanhua County was included in 1983. The city is located in the intermountain basin in northwest Hebei, with the Bashang Plateau to the north and the Yangtze River Valley to the south. It has a cold temperate continental semi-arid climate, with an average annual precipitation of 406 mm and an average annual temperature of 7.5°C. There are 73,300 hectares of arable land, producing corn, sorghum, millet, and potatoes. Xuanhua milk grapes are famous both at home and abroad. There are coal, iron, gold and other minerals. The main industries are textile, machinery, metallurgy, electric power, food and chemical industry. The fur, tanning and wool and linen spinning industries are relatively developed, so it is known as the leather capital, and its products are commonly known as Koulam and Koupi in the cityscape of Zhangjiakou. Specialties include grapes, mushrooms, peels, fluorite, etc. The Beijing-Baotou Railway and the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Highway run parallel through the border, and the Xuanpang and Xuanyan Railways connect to the mining area. There are scenic spots such as Dajingmen, Zhenshuo Tower, Jellyfish Palace, Yunquan Temple, Xuanhua City, Zhang Shiqing Mural Tomb and so on.