Hebi

Not to be confused with the province of Hebei.

Hebi 鹤壁市 Hopi
Prefecture-level city
Temple of the Eight Symbols in Qi County Pagoda in Xun County Shancheng District Department Store View near Hebi East railway station
Location of Hebi in Henan
Interactive map of Hebi
Hebi Location in the North China Plain Hebi Hebi (China)
Coordinates (Hebi municipal government): 35°44′53″N 114°17′49″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Henan
Municipal seat	Qibin District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	2,299 km2 (888 sq mi)
• Urban  (2018)	543 km2 (210 sq mi)
• Metro	847.3 km2 (327.1 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census for total, 2018 otherwise)
• Prefecture-level city	1,565,973
• Density	681.2/km2 (1,764/sq mi)
• Urban  (2018)	667,600
• Urban density	1,230/km2 (3,180/sq mi)
• Metro	574,000
• Metro density	677/km2 (1,750/sq mi)
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 77.2 billion US$ 11.6 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 47,940 US$ 7,217
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	392
ISO 3166 code	CN-HA-06
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	5
Township-level divisions	unknown
License plate prefixes	豫F
Website	hebi.gov.cn

Hebi (simplified Chinese: 鹤壁; traditional Chinese: 鶴壁; pinyin: Hèbì [xɤ̂.pî]; postal: Hopi) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, China. Situated in mountainous terrain at the edge of the Shanxi plateau, Hebi is about 25 miles (40 km) south of Anyang, 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Xinxiang and 65 miles (105 km) north of Kaifeng.

As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,565,973 inhabitants and in the 2018 estimate 574,000 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Qibin District and Qi County largely conurbated. One can notice that Shancheng District and Heshan District are for the moment, part of another built-up area of 372,600 inhabitants close to Anyang.

Hebi has several coal mines. The city is also home to the Hebi New Area, an economic development zone.