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) | |
Location of Cangzhou City jurisdiction in Hebei | |
| 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 (42 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 7,300,783 | |
| • Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 795,832 |
| • Urban density | 3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,421,843 |
| • Metro density | 810/km2 (2,100/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 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | "oceanside prefecture" | ||||||||
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Cangzhou is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hebei province, People's Republic of China. 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. It lies approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the major port city of Tianjin, and 180 km (110 mi) from Beijing.