What is the population of Zhao County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province?

Population: about 560,000

Population density: 784 people/km2

Yongtong Bridge

Berlin Zen Temple

Zhaozhou Bridge

Zhao County Ancient City Wall Ruins Park

Zhaozhou Bridge

Zhao County, formerly known as Zhaozhou, is located southeast of Shijiazhuang City, the provincial capital 40 kilometers away, with a total area of ??675 square kilometers, a total population of 550,000, and jurisdiction over 11 towns and 281 administrative villages.

The county government is located in Zhaozhou Town. It was Pingji County in the Han Dynasty, Zhao State in the Jin Dynasty, Zhao County was established in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was once governed by Zhaozhou, and was changed to Zhaozhou in the Sui Dynasty. It was changed to Zhao County in 1913. The county is located in the Hebei Plain, with sufficient light and heat and abundant groundwater, which is conducive to well irrigation and Shijin Canal irrigation, and agriculture is developed. The eastern part is sandy brown soil, suitable for the growth of snow pear. The specialty snowflake pear, commonly known as the ivory pear, is large, thin-skinned, juicy, high in sugar, and white as snow when mature, hence the name. It is one of the high-quality fruits exported in bulk from Hebei Province. The Anji Bridge, also known as the "Zhaozhou Big Stone Bridge", spans the _ River. It was built during the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty. The bridge is 64.4 meters long, 9.6 meters wide and has a span of 37.37 meters. It is the earliest single-hole arc built with the largest span in the world. It is a stone bridge with open shoulders; the vault is 7.23 meters higher than the arch base, and the height to span ratio is 1:5. Exquisite design and beautiful appearance. The jade railings on both sides are composed of lion capitals and railings carved with various dragons and beasts. They are various and lifelike. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. In addition, there are the largest existing Dharani Sutra Building in China (built in the Northern Song Dynasty) and the Yongtong Bridge (also known as the Little Stone Bridge) built during the Jin Mingchang Period (1190-1196), both of which are national key cultural relics protection units.

Zhao County is one of the first batch of counties approved by the State Council to be fully open to the outside world. It is also the first county in Hebei Province to be fully open to the outside world. It is a nationally named "National Key Commodity Grain Production Base County" and "National High-quality "Wheat Production Base County", "Hometown of Snowflake Pear in China", and the only "Asparagus Production Base County" in the province.

Zhao County is home to Pingchuan and fertile fields, with a warm temperate sub-humid climate, abundant rainfall, and convenient irrigation. The cultivated land area is 780,000 acres and is rich in wheat, corn, pome fruits, asparagus, edible fungi, etc. The total annual grain output exceeds 430 million kilograms. Pear is a traditional advantageous industry in Zhao County, with a planting area of ??250,000 acres and an annual output of 380 million kilograms. The "Zhaozhou" brand Snowflake pear produced is famous at home and abroad for its unique quality and is known as "the best pear in the world." Won the title of "Chinese Famous Fruit".

Zhao County is a famous cultural city with a long history. It has many historical sites and 11 provincial-level cultural relics. Among them, Zhaozhou Bridge is the earliest and best-preserved single-hole open-shoulder stone arch bridge and is known as It is the "originator of bridges in the world" and "the first bridge in the world", and was selected as the 12th "International Civil Engineering Historical Monument" by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Yongtong Bridge and Zhaozhou Bridge are both called "sister bridges", and they have different approaches but the same purpose. It is so wonderful that the Dharani Sutra Tower is known as "the first tower in China".

Built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Berlin Temple is also known as the "ancient Buddhist temple" and the "famous temple in Kinai". In addition, the Wanqing Pear Garden in the eastern part of Zhao County has charming scenery and is a good place for urbanites to return to nature and rest their body and mind. In recent years, it has attracted more and more domestic and foreign tourists. Zhao County has cultivated the tourism industry as an emerging pillar industry and implemented a series of tourism development projects such as the restoration and reconstruction of Zhaozhou Bridge Park, Berlin Temple and the development of Liyuan Scenic Area, and has initially formed a tourism industry with Zhaozhou Bridge as the leader.

Zhao County has developed transportation and communications, abundant power supply, and abundant underground water resources. National Highway 308 from Shijiazhuang to Qingdao, Beijing-Shenzhen Expressway and Qingyin Expressway pass through it; the expressway from Shijiazhuang to Huanghua and the Cangshi Expressway to Tianjin are only 20 kilometers away from Zhao County. Townships in the county are connected to asphalt roads and every village is connected to roads.

The communication facilities are complete. Microwave communication digital program-controlled telephones, wireless mobile phones, wireless paging, international and domestic faxes, and the international Internet have been fully popularized, and can be connected to all parts of the world at any time. The county has abundant electricity. It now has 9 220 kV substations, 87 kilometers of 110 kV lines, 85 kilometers of 35 kV lines, 1,063 kilometers of 10 kV lines, and 3,393 distribution transformers with a total capacity of 230,000 kVA. The county enjoys political and social stability, and a good economic development environment.

In March 2021, Zhao County ranked fifth on the 2021 China Top 100 Counties and Cities for Safe Food.

In January 2021, Zhao County ranked 97th among the 168 counties and cities in Hebei Province.

In June 2020, Zhao County was included in the second batch of counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei area).

In March 2019, Zhao County was included in the first batch of counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Shanxi-Hebei-Henan area).

In May 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture designated Zhao County as one of the first batch of demonstration counties (cities, districts) in the country that have basically realized the full mechanization of major crop production.

In February 2016, Zhao County was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in the country in 2015.