Shahe, Hebei
Shahe
沙河市 Shaho | |
|---|---|
Shahe in Xingtai | |
| Coordinates: 36°51′18″N 114°30′12″E / 36.8549°N 114.5033°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Xingtai |
| Area | |
| 999.0 km2 (385.7 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 37.00 km2 (14.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| 457,000 | |
| • Urban | 96,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Shahe (Chinese: 沙河; pinyin: Shāhé) is a county-level city in the prefecture-level city of Xingtai, in the southern part of Hebei province, China.
Shahe has been called China's "glass capital." Its glass factories manufacture about ten percent of the world supply of flat glass. About 50,000 of Shahe's 480,000 residents work in the glass industry.
Smog in Shahe has become a serious problem, with some factories preferring to pay fines rather than comply with air pollution enforcement requirements.