Chengde 承德市
（重定向自Chengteh）
![](/Images/godic/202501/04/Chengdeview30021.JPG")
![](/Images/godic/202501/04/Location_map_for_Hebei0021.png")
![The Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735−1796) touring Chengde.](/Images/godic/202501/04/Wallpaper20021.jpg")
Chengde (Chinese:承德), previously known as Jehol or Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence. The urban center had a population of approximately 450,000 as of 2009.