Xingtai

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Xingtai 邢台市 Hsingtai, Shunteh
Prefecture-level city
Clockwise from top: Xingtai Liberation Monument, sculpture of Lying Bull, Xingtai Telegraph Building, city wall ruins and Huoshen Temple, Zhongxing West Street, Dakaiyuan Temple, Qingfeng Tower, statue of Guo Shoujing
Nickname:  Sitting Bull City (卧牛城)
Location of Xingtai City jurisdiction in Hebei
Xingtai Location of the city center in Hebei Show map of Hebei Xingtai Xingtai (Northern China) Show map of Northern China Xingtai Xingtai (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Xingtai municipal government): 37°04′18″N 114°30′17″E / 37.0717°N 114.5048°E / 37.0717; 114.5048
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Settled	3500 BC
Established	November 15, 1983
Area
• Prefecture-level city	12,432 km2 (4,800 sq mi)
• Urban [1]	114.80 km2 (44.32 sq mi)
• Districts[1]	132.3 km2 (51.1 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)
• Prefecture-level city	7,111,106
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Urban [1]	971,300
• Urban density	8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
• Districts[1]	971,000
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 223.6 billion US$ 32.4 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 24,256 US$3,894
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	054000
Area code	0319
ISO 3166 code	CN-HE-05
Vehicle registration	冀E
Website	www.xingtai.gov.cn

Xingtai (simplified Chinese: 邢台; traditional Chinese: 邢臺; pinyin: Xíngtái; Wade–Giles: Hsing²-tʻai²), formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde, is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It has a total area of 12,486 km² (4,821 sq mi) and administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 12 counties. At the 2020 census, its population was 7,111,106 inhabitants. It borders Shijiazhuang and Hengshui in the north, Handan in the south, and the provinces of Shandong and Shanxi in the east and west respectively.