Hengshui

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Hengshui 衡水市
Prefecture-level city
From top, left to right: Downtown Taocheng District; Hengshui Lake; View from Hengshui Middle School; Hengshui Railway Station
Nickname(s):  Peach City (桃城), Lake City (水市湖城)
Location of Hengshui City jurisdiction in Hebei
Hengshui Location of the city centre in Hebei Show map of Hebei Hengshui Hengshui (Northern China) Show map of Northern China Hengshui Hengshui (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Hengshui municipal government): 37°44′20″N 115°40′08″E / 37.739°N 115.669°E / 37.739; 115.669
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Settled	1265
Established	May 31, 1996
Municipal seat	Taocheng District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	8,836.95 km2 (3,411.97 sq mi)
• Urban [1]	608.8 km2 (235.1 sq mi)
• Metro	608.8 km2 (235.1 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)
• Prefecture-level city	4,212,933
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Urban [1]	805,000
• Urban density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
• Metro	805,000
• Metro density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 155 billion US$ 22.5 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 27,543 US$ 4,422
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-HE-11
License Plate Prefix	2022

Hengshui (Chinese: 衡水) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong to the southeast. As of the 2020 census its population was 4,212,933 inhabitants whom 805,000 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Taocheng urban district.^[3] It is on the Beijing–Kowloon railway.