Southeast direction. Liaocheng City, a municipality under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is located in the west of Shandong Province, facing Handan City and Xingtai City in Hebei Province in the west, adjacent to Jining City, Tai 'an City, Jinan City, Jindi River and Yellow River in the south and southeast, and bordering Dezhou City in the southeast of Jining City in the north and northeast.