Xingtai

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Xingtai (Simplified Chinese: 邢台; pinyin: Xíngtai) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, China. It borders Shijiazhuang and Hengshui in the north, Handan in the south, and the provinces of Shandong and Shanxi in the east and west respectively.

[edit] Administration

The prefecture-level city of Xingtai, with a total area of 12,486 square kilometers, administers 2 districts, 2 county-level cities and 15 counties.

Qiaodong District (桥东区)
Qiaoxi District (桥西区)
Nangong City (南宫市)
Shahe City (沙河市)
Ren County (任县)
Wei County (威县)
Xingtai County (邢台县)
Boxiang County (柏乡)
Qinghe County (清河)
Ningjin County (宁晋)
Longyao County (隆尧)
Lincheng County (临城)
Guangzong County (广宗)
Linxi County (临西)
Neiqiu County (内丘)
Pingxiang County (平乡)
Julu County (巨鹿)
Xinhe County (新河)
Nanhe County (南和)

[edit] History

In the late 1990s Xingtai became the focus of attention for a local blood bank's use of blood contaminated with the HIV virus, causing many residents to develop AIDS.[1]