Heze

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Heze

Total population

8,795,939

Air quality index

65Moderate

Elevation55 m

Coordinates35.25°, 115.45°

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

Overview

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. The total area is 12238.62 square kilometers and the population is 10.58 million. It governs Mudan District and Dingtao District, 2 districts and 7 counties including Caoxian, Chengwu, Shanxian, Juye, Yuncheng, Juancheng and Dongming.

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).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Huang Chao

Chinese emperor

M

Mu Tiezhu

prominent Chinese basketball player and coach (1949-2008)

L

Liu Baojun

martial artist (1892–1947)

Li Xuejian

Chinese actor

L

Lin Duo

Chinese politician

He Siyuan

Chinese educator, politician, and guerrilla leader

Geng Xiaoling

Hong Kong wushu athlete

C

Chiang Chen

Hong Kong businessman (1923–2022)

J

Jayden Yuan

Chinese actor, martial artist, athlete

Z

Zhe Cui

Paralympic powerlifter

W

Wu Haoran

association football player

Y

Yang Quanxi

Chinese Paralympic powerlifter

B

Bai Jinbin

Chinese Sanshou kickboxer

H

Hu Ruibao

association football player

L

Li Xue Zheng

Chinese actor and producer

Z

Zhu Chaoqing

association football player

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

Nearby places in Shandong

• Camp Crook
  6336.5 mi away
• Buffalo
  6345.1 mi away
• Lemmon
  6357.9 mi away
• Prairie City
  6366 mi away
• Morristown
  6368.4 mi away
• Bison
  6375.3 mi away
• McIntosh
  6378.2 mi away
• Belle Fourche
  6391.8 mi away
• Bullhead
  6393.5 mi away
• Fruitdale
  6395.6 mi away
• McLaughlin
  6397.3 mi away
• Nisland
  6399 mi away

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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 Heze

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

mock strawberry

Potentilla indica

Seen 2026-04-12

white clover

Trifolium repens

Seen 2026-03-26

Steppe Ratsnake

Elaphe dione

Seen 2025-10-01

Chinese Mantis

Tenodera sinensis

Seen 2025-08-23

Pied Skimmer

Pseudothemis zonata

Seen 2025-07-08

large sand catchfly

Silene conoidea

Seen 2024-04-17

cursed crowfoot

Ranunculus sceleratus

Seen 2024-04-16

large-fruited elm

Ulmus macrocarpa

Seen 2024-04-16

Lagopsis supina

Lagopsis supina

Seen 2024-04-16

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

Gallery

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

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