Located in the southeast of Hebei Province, near the Bohai Sea, 1965 Jianxian County. It was formed by the merger of marginal poverty-stricken villages in Wudi County, Shandong Province, Huanghua County, Hebei Province and Yanshan County, and was named after the meaning of "prospering by the sea".

Cangzhou is named after its proximity to Bohai Sea. Tianjin 120km in the north, 240km in the north and 220km in the southwest from Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital. Cangzhou has jurisdiction over 2 municipal districts, 4 county-level cities, 10 county, Cangzhou Bohai new area, Cangzhou economic development zone and Cangzhou high-tech industrial development zone, with a total area of 14304.26 square kilometers. By the end of 20021,the permanent population of Cangzhou was 7.304 million. ?

topography

Cangzhou is located in the east of Jizhong Plain, with low terrain and little fluctuation, with the highest elevation of17m and the lowest elevation of 2m. The terrain inclines from southwest to northeast, the west is part of the edge of alluvial fan in front of Taihang Mountain, the middle is a vast plain formed by alluvial of Yellow River, Zhanghe River, Hutuo River and Tanghe River, and the east is a coastal marine lake plain formed by tidal accumulation in Bohai Sea.