Botou City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, administered by Cangzhou City, is located in southeastern Hebei Province and southwestern Cangzhou City, in the hinterland of the Hebei Plain, with a warm-temperate humid continental monsoon climate, adjoining seven counties, with a total area of 1,008.9 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Botou City has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 9 towns, 3 townships, and 1 other township-level unit. According to the seventh population census, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Botou City was 573,842 people.
According to the "Yishu Fangyi Jiyao", "Botou Town, fifty miles east of the county, on the west bank of the Wei River (i.e., the present-day Southern Canal), merchants gathered and built a city here. And set new bridge stage, commonly known as Botou stage." Botou, i.e., the dock where the boat stops. Republic of China thirty-five years (1946) in May, the establishment of Botou City; 1949, changed Botou City for Botou Town (county level); November 1953, reset Botou City, directly under Hebei Province, by the Cangxian sub-prefecture in charge of; May 1962, the restoration of the Fucheng County, and Botou Town to the jurisdiction of Jiaoxie County; December 1982, the State Council decided to restore the city of Botou, under the Cangzhou sub-prefecture; in May 1983, the Jiahe County was abolished, its political district into Botou City.
The main attractions in Botou City are the monument to the Juntun tragedy, Longtun Catholic Church, Hao Village Town, Wang Kong war command post, etc. On June 30, 2020, Botou City was selected as the "second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization of piece of the district list".On December 22, 2021, Botou City was selected as the "sixth batch of national". The first to basically realize the mechanization of the entire production of major crops demonstration counties (cities and districts) list".
In 2019, Botou City's gross regional product will be 22.228 billion yuan; general public budget revenue will be 1.052 billion yuan, and general public budget expenditure will be 3.241 billion yuan.