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Anqiu
Anqiu (安丘市) is a county-level city under Weifang, Shandong, China; formerly Quqiu, county since 148 BC, city since 1994; about 2,025 km², ginger and vegetable farming, 2024 GDP 51.7 billion yuan.
Anyang
Anyang (安阳) in Henan, China, is an Eight Great Ancient Capital and the site of the Shang capital Yin Xu, while Anyang (安養) is a satellite of Seoul.
Baoding, Hebei
Baoding (保定市), a prefecture-level city in central Hebei, China, named in 1275 for 'protecting the capital'; 22,000 km², about 11.4 million residents, National Historical and Cultural City near Beijing, with Xiong'an New Area within its territory.
Binzhou
Binzhou (滨州) is a prefecture-level city in northern Shandong, China, on the southwestern bank of Bohai Bay, formerly known as Putai and the hometown of Sun Tzu.
Cangzhou
Cangzhou (沧州), a prefecture-level coastal city in southeastern Hebei on the Bohai Sea, founded as a Northern Wei prefecture in 517; known for the 953 iron lion, Wuqiao acrobatics, a 216 km Grand Canal stretch, and 7.23 million residents.
Changyi
Changyi (昌邑市) is a county-level city of Weifang, Shandong, on Laizhou Bay; anciently Duchang, named Changyi in 962, a city since 1994; silk, salt-chemical, and new-energy industries; 2025 GDP 64.06 billion yuan.
Chengtangcun
Chengtangcun (城塘村) is an alternate name for Tengzhou, a county-level city under Zaozhuang in Shandong, China, at 35.08 N, 117.19 E, with about 1.55 million residents and a 2025 GDP of 110 billion yuan; a smaller namesake village lies in Zhejiang.
Dengzhou, Henan
Dengzhou (邓州), Henan, a county-level city under Nanyang at the Henan-Hubei-Shaanxi junction; ancient capital of the State of Deng, made a city in 1988; 2024 GDP 52.78 billion yuan, first in Nanyang.
Dezhou
Dezhou (德州) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong, China, on the north bank of the Yellow River, known as China Solar City for its solar energy industry.
Feicheng, Shandong
Feicheng (肥城), county-level city in Shandong under Tai'an, at Mount Tai's western foot; 1,277 km², about 858,000 residents; industrial economy in steel, chemicals, energy storage, and the Feicheng peach.
Gaomi
Gaomi (高密市) is a county-level city in eastern Shandong, China, under Weifang; Qin-era county, 858,000 residents (2024), manufacturing hub, home of Nobel laureate Mo Yan and four national folk-arts heritages.
Handan
Handan (邯郸), prefecture-level city in southern Hebei, China; ancient capital of the Zhao State, now a coal and steel industrial city of 9.36 million people (2021) known for air pollution challenges and idiom culture.
Hebi (city)
Hebi (鹤壁) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan, China, founded 26 March 1957 as a coal-mining city. It covers 2,182 km², administers 3 districts and 2 counties, had 1.559 million residents in 2024, and posted 2025 GDP of 114.4 billion yuan, Henan's fastest growth.
Hengshui
Hengshui (衡水) is a prefecture-level city in southeast Hebei Province, north China, on the North China Plain, known for Hengshui High School's exam-driven "gaokao factory" and Hengshui Lake.
Heze
Heze (菏泽市, formerly Caozhou) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong, China, at the Jiangsu-Henan-Anhui junction; known as China's peony capital, with 8.5 million residents and a 2024 GDP of 480.3 billion yuan.
Jiaozhou
Jiaozhou (胶州市) is a county-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, on Jiaozhou Bay; established 1987 from Jiao County, about 1.05 million people, a national development zone, and a rail-port hub.
Jiaozuo
Jiaozuo (焦作) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Henan, between the Taihang Mountains and the Yellow River; former coal city turned tourism and logistics hub, birthplace of Taijiquan, population about 3.47 million.
Jining, Shandong
Jining (济宁) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong, China, called the hometown of Confucius and Mencius and the Canal Capital; it has 8.19 million people, a 612.8-billion-yuan 2025 GDP, and China's first 100-million-ton northern inland port.
Jiyuan
Jiyuan (济源市), a province-administered city in northwestern Henan, China, named for the source of the Ji River; county founded 596 AD, city status 1988, provincial administration 1997, about 720,000 people.
Laixi
Laixi (莱西市) is a county-level city of Qingdao in Shandong, China, between Qingdao, Yantai, and Weihai. Known for Laixi Lake, the Jiaodong Peninsula's largest reservoir, strong agriculture, and its "Laixi Weekend" tourism brand.
Laiyang
Laiyang (莱阳市) is a county-level city of Yantai, Shandong, in the Jiaodong Peninsula; 1,732 km², 795,000 people, GDP 547.8亿元 (2025). Known for the Laiyang pear, Cretaceous dinosaur fossils, and mantis boxing.
Langfang
Langfang (廊坊) is a prefecture-level city in central-eastern Hebei Province, China, lying between Beijing and Tianjin and approved as a city by the State Council in April 1989.
Liaocheng
Liaocheng, or Liaocheng Shi, is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong, China, at the junction of Shandong, Hebei, and Henan, prospering on the Grand Canal in Ming and Qing times.
Linqu
Linqu County (临朐县, Línqú Xiàn), also called Pianyi, is a county of Weifang, Shandong, China, at the north foot of Mount Yi on the upper Mi River. Han-established, 1,831 km², 4 subdistricts and 6 towns, 2025 GDP 50.2 billion yuan, National Ecological Civilization Demonstration Zone.
Linyi
Linyi (临沂), also historically Langya and Yizhou, is Shandong's largest prefecture-level city by area and population, a 3,000-year-old city on the Yi River, a famous revolutionary base, and China's leading wholesale market and logistics hub.
Pingdingshan
Pingdingshan (平顶山市), the Eagle City, is a prefecture-level coal-mining city in mid-southern Henan, established 1957, with 4.84 million residents, 10.3 billion tons of coal reserves, and a nylon new-materials industry.
Pingdu
Pingdu (平度) is a county-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, on the Jiaodong Peninsula. Converted from Pingdu County in 1989, it is Shandong's largest county-level city by area (3,166.54 km²) and a leading grain producer.
Qingzhou
Qingzhou (青州) is a county-level city in Weifang, Shandong, China, named for one of the ancient Nine Provinces; a former Shandong capital and Ming prefecture, known for the 1996 Longxing Temple Buddhist statue hoard.
Sanhe, Hebei
Sanhe (三河市) is a county-level city of Langfang, Hebei, east of Beijing; with Dachang and Xianghe it forms the North Three Counties. Its Yanjiao township sends about 200,000 daily commuters to Beijing.
Shouguang
Shouguang (寿光市) is a county-level city of Weifang, Shandong, on Laizhou Bay. Known as China's 'home of vegetables' with 157,000 greenhouses and 4.5 million tonnes annual output, and 'sea salt capital' with 4.2 million tonnes salt capacity.