Cangzhou
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Not to be confused with Changzhou.
This article is about the modern city. For the historical prefecture, see Cang Prefecture.
Cangzhou[lower-alpha 1] 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, Xinhua districts and Cang County largely being conurbated had 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.
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Cangzhou
沧州市 Tsangchow | |
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Nickname: Lion City (狮城) | |
Coordinates (Cangzhou municipal government): 38°18′17″N 116°50′19″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hebei |
Settled | 517 |
Established | 15 November 1983 |
Municipal seat | Yunhe District |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 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)[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 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[2] | |
• 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 | 016001 |
Area code | 0317 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-HE-09 |
Licence plate prefixes | 2022 |
Website | cangzhou.gov.cn |
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Cangzhou | |||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 沧州 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 滄州 | ||||||||
Postal | Tsangchow | ||||||||
Literal meaning | "oceanside prefecture" | ||||||||
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