Heze
Heze
菏泽市 Hotseh | |
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A pagoda in Juye County of Heze | |
Location of Heze City jurisdiction in Shandong | |
| Coordinates (Heze municipal government): 35°14′03″N 115°28′47″E / 35.2343°N 115.4796°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| County-level divisions | 9 |
| Township-level divisions | 158 |
| Municipal seat | Mudan District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sun Aijun (孙爱军) |
| Area | |
| 12,256 km2 (4,732 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,416 km2 (547 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,416 km2 (547 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| 8,287,693 | |
| • Density | 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,346,717 |
| • Urban density | 950/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,346,717 |
| • Metro density | 950/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 307 billion US$ 46.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 35,184 US$ 5,317 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 274000 |
| Area code | 0530 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SD-17 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 鲁R |
| Heze | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 菏澤 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 菏泽 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | He Marsh | ||||||||||
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| Former names | |||||||||
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| Caozhou | |||||||||
| Chinese | 曹州 | ||||||||
| Postal | Tsaochow | ||||||||
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Heze (Chinese: 菏泽; Chinese: 菏澤; pinyin: Hé Zé), formerly known as Caozhou, is the westernmost prefecture-level city in Shandong province, China, bordering Jining to the east and the provinces of Henan and Anhui to the west and south respectively.The total area is 12238.62 square kilometers and the population is 10.58 million. It governs Mudan District and Dingtao District, 2 districts and 7 counties including Caoxian, Chengwu, Shanxian, Juye, Yuncheng, Juancheng and Dongming.
There are more than 100 cultural relics and historic sites in the territory, 6 national-level cultural relics protection units, and 52 provincial-level cultural relics protection units. Places of interest include Caozhou Peony Garden, Yuncheng Water Margin, Sunbin Tourist City, Dingtao Han Tomb, Shanxian Archway, Jinshan Mountain, Fangshan Mountain, Fulong Lake, the scenery of the old Yellow River route, etc.