a populous province in northeastern China

("River North"): Province in northeastern China, 69,500 square miles in area, with a population of 57,100,000. Capital: Shijiazhuang (population: 1,220,000).

Postal map spelling: Hopeh) is a northern province of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is "冀" (pinyin: jì), named after Ji Province (冀州 Jì Zhōu), a Han Dynasty province (zhou) that included southern Hebei. The name Hebei means "north of the (Yellow) River".