Heze, a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province and the peony capital of China, was called Cao Zhou in ancient times. Located in the southwest of Shandong Province, at the junction of Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui provinces, it is adjacent to Jining in the east, Xuzhou in Jiangsu and Suzhou in Anhui in the southeast, Shangqiu in Henan in the south, Kaifeng and Xinxiang in Henan in the west and Puyang in the north.

It is located between 34 39' and 35 52' north latitude, east longitude114 45'-1/6 25', north-south length157km, and east-west width/kloc. Area 12239 km2. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 on June 165438+ 10 on October 65438, the resident population of Heze City was 8795939. ?

Heze used to be a natural ancient river, where Ji and Shui meet and come out together, connecting the two major water systems of Guji and Surabaya. It was renamed Longchi in the Tang Dynasty and Xiayue Lake in the Qing Dynasty. In the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1735), it was promoted to the government and became Guo Wei County. Because there is "Heshan" in the south and "Razer" in the north, it is named Heze.

Heze has a long history and enjoys the reputation of "the best in the world". Nine schools in Gong Yu, Heze, Leize, Onoze and Meng Zhuze, are all in China. Fuxi, the ancestor of mankind, Shao Hao, the emperor of Dongyi, Shun Di, the military commander, Chiyou, Wuqi, Sun Bin, an agronomist, Ada, an economist, and Wen Zisheng, a writer, were all born here. Liu Bang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Cao Cao succeeded in his ambition, Huang Chao Uprising and Song Jiang Juyi all happened in Heze.

20 19 Heze city has two municipal districts, seven counties and two development zones. In 2020, the regional GDP of Heze City was 3,483.11100 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%.

Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 34.599 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%; The added value of the secondary industry139.963 billion yuan, up 0% year-on-year; The added value of tertiary industry was173.749 billion yuan, up by 7.7% year-on-year. 202 1, Heze plans to award the title of "the hometown of national weiqi".