HEZE

: ''This article is about a Chinese city, a star in Virgo constellation also has a name of Heze, see Zeta Virginis''

'菏泽市
Hézé Shì'

Heze is highlighted on this map
'Administration Type'	Prefecture-level city
'City Seat'	Mudan District ()
'Area'	12,238.6 km²
'Population'	8.81 million
'GDP' '- Total' '- Per Capita'	¥24.984 billion ¥
'Major Nationalities'	Han
'County-level divisions'	9
'Township-level divisions'	158
'CPC Committee Secretary'
'Mayor'	Du Changwen (杜昌文)
'Area code'	530
'Postal Code'	274000 (Mudan District) 274100-274700, 274900 (Other areas)
'License Plate Prefix'	鲁R

'Heze' () is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The westernmost prefecture-level city in Shandong, it borders Jining to the east and the provinces of Henan and Anhui to the west and south respectively.

Contents

Administration

Economy

External links

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Heze administers 9 county-level divisions, including 1 district and 8 counties.

★ Mudan District (牡丹区)

★ Dingtao County (定陶县)

★ Cao County (曹县)

★ Chengwu County (成武县)

★ Shan County (单县)

★ Juye County (巨野县)

★ Yuncheng County (郓城县)

★ Juancheng County (鄄城县)

★ Dongming County (东明县)
These are further divided into 158 township-level divisions.

Economy

Heze is the largest center in China for the cultivation of the "national flower" peony, after which the Mudan District was named.
Over 30% of its national income comes from the sale of peony.
According to the government's materials in 1995,there is about 800,000 people living in this areas.

External links

★ Government website of Heze (in Simplified Chinese)