Chengde

Not to be confused with Changde or Chengdu.

"Rehe" redirects here. For other uses, see Rehe (disambiguation).

For other uses, see Chengde (disambiguation).

Chengde 承德市 Chengte, Jehol
Prefecture-level city
Chengde Mountain Resort The Great Wall at Jinshanling Putuo Zongcheng Temple Puning Temple Sledgehammer Peak Xumi Fushou Temple Skyline of downtown Chengde
Interactive map of Chengde
Chengde Location of the city centre in Hebei Chengde Chengde (Northern China) Chengde Chengde (China)
Coordinates (Chengde municipal government): 40°57′11″N 117°57′47″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Settled	1681
Established	November 15, 1983
Municipal seat	Shuangqiao District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	39,519 km2 (15,258 sq mi)
• Urban	724.03 km2 (279.55 sq mi)
• Districts	1,252.7 km2 (483.7 sq mi)
Elevation	327 m (1,073 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Prefecture-level city	3,473,200
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
• Urban	920,395
• Urban density	1,271.2/km2 (3,292.4/sq mi)
• Districts	642,000
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 135.9 billion US$ 21.8 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 38,506 US$6,182
Area code	314
ISO 3166 code	CN-HE-08
License Plate Prefix	冀H
Website	http://www.chengde.gov.cn
City tree Pagoda Tree City flower Rugosa Rose

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Chengde
Chinese name
Chinese	承德
Postal	Chengte
Literal meaning	Upholding Benevolence Receiving Benevolence
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chéngdé Wade–Giles Ch‘êng-tê
Rehe
Traditional Chinese	熱河(兒)
Simplified Chinese	热河(儿)
Postal	Jehol
Literal meaning	Hot River
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Rèhé('ér) Wade–Giles Jê-ho(-êrh)
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Халуун гол
Mongolian script	ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠭᠣᠣᠯ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC Khaluun Gol
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡝᡵᡩᡝᠮᡠ ᠪᡝ ᠠᠯᡳᡥᠠ
Abkai	Erdemu Be Aliha

Chengde, formerly known as Jehol and Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about 225 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence. Its local dialect is also known for being the closest to Standard Chinese. The permanent resident population is approximately 3,473,200 in 2017. At the end of 2024, the total resident population of the city was 3,285,700, a decrease of 16,500 from the end of the previous year. The urbanization rate of the resident population is 59.77%.