Cangzhou

Cangzhou
沧州市
Tsangchow
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 / 38.3047; 116.8387
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHebei
Settled517
Established15 November 1983
Municipal seatYunhe 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
 • Density507.5818/km2 (1,314.631/sq mi)
 • Urban
795,832
 • Urban density3,860/km2 (9,996/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,421,843
 • Metro density812.16/km2 (2,103.5/sq mi)
GDP
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 332 billion
US$ 53.3 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 44,819
US$7,196
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
061000
Area code0317
ISO 3166 codeCN-HE-09
Licence plate prefixes2022
Websitecangzhou.gov.cn
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Cangzhou
Simplified Chinese沧州
Traditional Chinese滄州
PostalTsangchow
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCāngzhōu
IPA[tsʰáŋ.ʈʂóʊ]
(locally /tsʰɑŋ˨˧ tʂou˨˧/)

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.