Cangzhou
Cangzhou
沧州市 Tsangchow | |
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Clockwise from the top: Iron Lion, Cangzhou Arena, Skyline of Cangzhou, Port of Huanghua, Arcadia Hotel | |
| Nickname: Lion City (狮城) | |
Interactive map of Cangzhou | |
Cangzhou Location of the city centre in Hebei Cangzhou Cangzhou (Northern China) Cangzhou Cangzhou (China) | |
| Coordinates (Cangzhou municipal government): 38°18′17″N 116°50′19″E / 38.3047°N 116.8387°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Settled | 517 |
| Established | 15 November 1983 |
| Municipal seat | Yunhe District |
| Area | |
| 14,383.46 km2 (5,553.48 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 206.2 km2 (79.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,750.7 km2 (675.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 7,300,783 | |
| • Density | 507.5818/km2 (1,314.631/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 795,832 |
| • Urban density | 3,860/km2 (9,996/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,421,843 |
| • Metro density | 812.16/km2 (2,103.5/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 332 billion US$ 53.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 44,819 US$7,196 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 061000 |
| Area code | 0317 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HE-09 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 2022 |
| Website | cangzhou.gov.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 沧州 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 滄州 | ||||||||
| Postal | Tsangchow | ||||||||
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Cangzhou is a prefecture-level city in China forming the southeastern extension of Hebei Province to the coast of the Bohai Sea between Tianjin and Shandong. At the 2020 census, Cangzhou's built-up (or metro) area made of Yunhe district, Xinhua district, and Cang County is largely conurbated with a population of 1,421,843 inhabitants, while the prefecture-level administrative unit in total has a population of 7,300,783. The resident population at the end of 2024 was 7,227,700, a decrease of 36,900 from the end of the previous year. It lies approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the major port city of Tianjin, and 180 km (110 mi) from Beijing.