Cangzhou

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Cangzhou

Total population

7,134,053

Air quality index

110Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Elevation10 m

Coordinates38.30°, 116.85°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Cangzhou is a prefecture-level city in China forming the southeastern extension of Hebei Province to the coast of the Bohai Sea between Tianjin and Shandong. At the 2020 census, Cangzhou's built-up area made of Yunhe district, Xinhua district, and Cang County is largely conurbated with a population of 1,421,843 inhabitants, while the prefecture-level administrative unit in total has a population of 7,300,783. The resident population at the end of 2024 was 7,227,700, a decrease of 36,900 from the end of the previous year. It lies approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the major port city of Tianjin, and 180 km (110 mi) from Beijing.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

Sun Yue

Chinese basketball player

Li Shuwen

Chinese martial artist

Wang Xiankui

Governor of Heilongjiang province

Gao Shuxun

Chinese general (1897-1972)

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Li Jinyuan

Chinese billionaire and businessman

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Liu Yunqiao

Chinese martial artist (1909–1992)

W

Wu Yuanji

Tang dynasty general

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Wang Zhengyi

Chinese martial artist (1854–1900)

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Wu Shaoyang

Tang Dynasty general

Zhou Hongzhuan

Chinese paralympic athlete

Zhang Ji

Chinese revolutionary (1882-1945)

Liu Yudi

Chinese flying ace

Zhao Bosheng

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Puquan

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Liu Linrui

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Zhang Fang

jin dynasty general

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Hebei

• Jiuzhou
  11.7 mi away
• Qing Xian
  18.8 mi away · pop. 120,200
• Nanpi
  20.1 mi away · pop. 70,000
• Gaozhai
  25 mi away
• Shucheng
  29.9 mi away · pop. 203,900
• Haocun
  32.2 mi away
• Gaowan
  38.2 mi away
• Jianqiao
  39.9 mi away
• Xian Xian
  40.5 mi away · pop. 121,000
• Shanglin
  41.5 mi away · pop. 48,700
• Renqiu
  48.9 mi away · pop. 328,600
• Jing Xian
  53.2 mi away · pop. 117,500

Browse all places in Hebei →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cangzhou

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Chinese Violet Cress

Orychophragmus violaceus

Seen 2026-04-05

purple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Seen 2025-10-02

Oriental Magpie

Pica serica

Seen 2025-10-01

Common Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium vulgare

Seen 2025-10-01

Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

Seen 2025-10-01

Bathroom Moth Fly

Clogmia albipunctata

Seen 2025-10-01

Polyphaga plancyi

Polyphaga plancyi

Seen 2025-08-30

Common Lambsquarters

Chenopodium album

Seen 2025-08-17

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Seen 2025-06-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Cangzhou, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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