Zhuozhou

Zhuozhou, is a county-level city with 628,000 inhabitants in central Hebei province, southwest of Beijing. It is administered by Baoding prefecture-level city. Zhuozhou has 3 subdistricts, 6 towns, 5 townships, and 1 development zone.

Administrative divisions
Subdistricts:
 * Shuangta Subdistrict (双塔街道), Taoyuan Subdistrict (桃园街道), Qingliangsi Subdistrict (清凉寺街道)

Towns:
 * Songlindian (松林店镇), Matou (码头镇), Dongchengfang (东城坊镇), Gaoguanzhuang (高官庄镇), Dongxianpo (东仙坡镇), Baichigan (百尺竿镇)

Townships:
 * Yihezhuang Township (义和庄乡), Lintun Township (林屯乡), Sunzhuang Township (孙庄乡), Douzhuang Township (豆庄乡), Diaowo Township (刁窝乡)

Climate
Zhuozhou is at a high risk of floods. It was heavily impacted by the 2023 China floods, and more than a sixth of the city's 600,000 residents had to evacuate.

Zhuozhou has been described by Hebei communist party secretary Ni Yuefeng as being able to "serve as a moat for the capital" using flood storage and detention areas in the aftermath of flooding in Beijing as a result of Typhoon Doksuri.

Railroads

 * Beijing–Guangzhou Railway: Zhuozhou Railway Station
 * Beijing–Shijiazhuang High-Speed Railway: Zhuozhou East Railway Station

Highways

 * G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway
 * China National Highway 107
 * G95 Capital Region Ring Expressway

Places of interest

 * Zhidu Temple Pagoda: A pagoda built in the Liao Dynasty.