Hengshui 衡水
—  Prefecture-level city  —
衡水市
Hengshui in Hebei
Hengshui Hengshui in Hebei
Coordinates: 37°44′N 115°42′E / 37.733°N 115.7°E / 37.733; 115.7
Country	China
Province	Hebei
Area
• Prefecture-level city	8,815 km2 (3,403 sq mi)
• Urban	590 km2 (230 sq mi)
• Metro	590 km2 (230 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)
• Prefecture-level city	4,340,773
• Urban	460,240
• Urban density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
License Plate Prefix	冀T

Hengshui (Chinese: 衡水) is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, China. It has an urban population of 460,240 in the built up area and a population of 4,340,373 at the 2010 census in its administrative area. It is on the Jingjiu Railway.

Administrative divisions[link]

Hengshui comprises

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#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2004 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Taocheng District	桃城区	Táochéng Qū	440,000	590	746
2	Jizhou City	冀州市	Jìzhōu Shì	360,000	918	392
3	Shenzhou City	深州市	Shēnzhōu Shì	560,000	1,244	450
4	Zaoqiang County	枣强县	Zǎoqiáng Xiàn	380,000	903	421
5	Wuyi County	武邑县	Wǔyì Xiàn	310,000	830	373
6	Wuqiang County	武强县	Wǔqiáng Xiàn	210,000	442	475
7	Raoyang County	饶阳县	Ráoyáng Xiàn	290,000	573	506
8	Anping County	安平县	Ānpíng Xiàn	310,000	493	629
9	Gucheng County	故城县	Gùchéng Xiàn	470,000	941	499
10	Jing County	景县	Jǐng Xiàn	500,000	1,183	423
11	Fucheng County	阜城县	Fùchéng Xiàn	320,000	698	458

Education[link]

Hengshui High School ^[1] is located in Hengshui.

Hengshui is also the home of Hengshui University.

Sights[link]

Hengshui skyline from Hengshui High School

The Harrison International Peace Hospital is located in Hengshui. This comprehensive teaching and research hospital was named after Dr. Tillson Harrison, a martyr to the Chinese revolution. Dr. Harrison, a Canadian, died in 1947 while transporting medical equipment and supplies. Some of this equipment is on display in an exhibition room in the hospital. The hospital uses both traditional Chinese medicine and modern western diagnostic and therapeutic technology.

The city is renowned as the centre for inside painting, mainly of small snuff bottles. Zhang Rucai was born in Hebei Province and since 1972, he started to learn the art of inside painting. In April 1996, he was conferred the title Master of Chinese Folk Arts & Crafts by UNESCO. The city has a fascinating museum and exhibition of the art of the inside painter - many complex paintings done on the inside of small snuff bottles as well as special larger pieces of glassware. See [1]

There is a Buddhist Temple on the outskirts of the city which is well worth a visit, as is the bridge in the old part of the city - one of the few remnants of the old town.

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  Hengshui Old Town Bridge

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  Hengshui Buddhist Temple

Religion[link]

Hengshui is the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Hengshui.

References[link]

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Eric Liddell served as a missionary for decades in Xiaozhang, Zaoqiang County, Hengshui.

Coordinates: 37°44′N 115°42′E / 37.733°N 115.7°E / 37.733; 115.7

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