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The entire jurisdiction of Zhangjiakou City extends beyond just central Zhangjiakou (divided into [[Qiaoxi District]] and [[Qiaodong District]]), but extends also into other outlying areas such as [[Yangyuan]], [[Xuanhua]] and even [[Huailai]], which is less than 20 kilometers away from [[Beijing]]. |
The entire jurisdiction of Zhangjiakou City extends beyond just central Zhangjiakou (divided into [[Qiaoxi District]] and [[Qiaodong District]]), but extends also into other outlying areas such as [[Yangyuan]], [[Xuanhua]] and even [[Huailai]], which is less than 20 kilometers away from [[Beijing]]. |
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Zhangjiakou was the setting for [[Zhang Yimou]]'s [[film]] [[Not One Less]] (1999). |
Zhangjiakou was the setting for [[Zhang Yimou]]'s [[film]] [[Not One Less]] (1999). |
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Revision as of 21:35, 12 October 2005
Zhangjiakou (simplified Chinese: 张家口; traditional Chinese: 張家口; pinyin: Zhāngjiākǒu; Mongolian: Чуулалт Хаалга [Čūlalt Hālga]) is a city in Hebei Province, China. It was formerly known as Kalgan, from Mongolian hālga or kālga (formerly kaghalga) = "gate" (ie. in the Great Wall).
Zhangjiakou has a population of 4.3 million, and covers 36,947 square kilometers. It lies to the northwest of the province and is linked from Datong in Shanxi by the Xuanda Expressway and from Beijing by means of the Jingzhang Expressway. Zhangjiakou is further linked to a freeway to inner Mongolia which opened on September 7, 2005.
Zhangjiakou's main economic lifeline is energy.
The entire jurisdiction of Zhangjiakou City extends beyond just central Zhangjiakou (divided into Qiaoxi District and Qiaodong District), but extends also into other outlying areas such as Yangyuan, Xuanhua and even Huailai, which is less than 20 kilometers away from Beijing.
Modern History
In the early 1960s at the height of Sino-Soviet tensions, Zhangjiakou was considered one of the most important cities in China for military strategy reasons. Zhangjiakou was aptly nicknamed, "Beijing's Northern Door," because whomever controlled Zhangjiakou was in a good position to either attack (in the case of the Soviets) or defend (in the case of the Chinese) Beijing. Zhangjiakou was the setting for Zhang Yimou's film Not One Less (1999).
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