Zhili Province
Hebei (; alternately Hopeh) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the North China region. The modern province was established in 1911 as Chihli Province (Zhili Province). Its capital and largest city is Shijiazhuang. Its one-character abbreviation is "" (), named after Ji Province, a Han dynasty province ("zhou") that included what is now southern Hebei. The name "Hebei" literally means "north of the river", referring to its location entirely to the north of the Yellow River.