However, it would save rural patients the twice-weekly fares to visit a haemodialysis centre in a provincial city, which poor patients cannot afford.

但是，农村病人可节约每周两次前往省城血液透析中心的路费，而这是贫穷病人所承担不起的。

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It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia.

这一天，同俄国中部省会城市的任何一天无异。

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In 1968, the capital of Hebei was moved to Shijiazhuang from Baoding. Therefore, Shijiazhuang is also a young provincial city.

1968年河北省省会由保定迁至石家庄市，所以说石家庄也是一个年轻的省会城市。

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Once part of Sichuan province, it was carved off in 1997 to become what Beijing calls a provincial-level city, joining Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin in that category.

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Its Mount Seymour Provincial Park - just moments from the city centre - provides more than a dozen popular hiking trails and the possibility of sighting (preferably from a good distance) a bear or cougar.

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