Heze

Former names
Former names
Caozhou
Chinese	曹州
Postal	Tsaochow
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Cáozhōu
Wade–Giles	Ts‘ao-chou

Heze
Heze
Traditional Chinese	菏澤
Simplified Chinese	菏泽
Literal meaning	He Marsh
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hézé
Wade–Giles	Ho-tsê
IPA	[xɤ̌.tsɤ̌]

Heze

菏泽市
Hotseh
Heze 菏泽市 Hotseh
Prefecture-level city
	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
• Prefecture-level city	12,256 km2 (4,732 sq mi)
• Urban	1,416 km2 (547 sq mi)
• Metro	1,416 km2 (547 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)
• Prefecture-level city	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, 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.

^ 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^ "China: Shāndōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
^ "Shandong Statistical Yearbook-2016". www.stats-sd.gov.cn.

[1] 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

[2] "China: Shāndōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[3] "Shandong Statistical Yearbook-2016". www.stats-sd.gov.cn.

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