Meanings
- A county of Langfang, Hebei, China.
Xianghe County to which the “new city” belongs, is in Hebei province, about 45 kilometers (30 miles) east of Beijing. Like almost every other local government in China, Xianghe’s has an urbanization target: 60% by 2017, up from around 50% today and ahead of the national target of 60% by 2020.
2016 [2014 April 19], “Urban and Rural”, in David Shambaugh, editor, The China Reader: Rising Power, 6th edition, Oxford University Press, sourced from The Economist, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 216, column 2
Origin
- Mandarin香河
- EnglishXianghe
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 香河 (Xiānghé).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 香河
- 香河county
Chinese Mandarin 香河
- 香河 (Xiānghé)county
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Xianghe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xianghe
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