Suizhou, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei province, is located in the northern part of Hubei province, geographically between 31°19′ and 32°26′ north latitude and 112°43′ and 113°46′ east longitude, and is situated in the northern part of the province, bordering Wuhan in the east, Xiangyang in the west, Nanyang and Xinyang in the north, and Jingmen and Xiaogan in the south; as of 2022, the city was under the jurisdiction of Zengdu District, Suizhou County, and Guangshui City, with a total area of 9,636 km2; the resident population of the city was 20.13 million at the end of 2022; the city's population was 2,013.7 million. As of the end of 2022, the city's resident population was 2,013,700 people. Suizhou is known as "the country of Handong", and is a national famous historical and cultural city. It has the famous Dahong Mountain of Jingchu, which is called "the first peak of the sky in the north of Chu", with beautiful scenery and peculiar landscape, and it is a national natural scenic spot; the world-famous bells of Suizhou were unearthed here, and it is the birthplace of Shennong, the founder of China. Suizhou is located in the confluence of the Yangtze River basin and the Huaihe River basin, resides in the key of Jing and Henan, chokes the throat of Hanxiang, and is a major town in the north of E. It is the "northern gate" of Hubei Province opening up to the outside world, and an important relay and transit station for the implementation of the national strategy of westward development from the east to the west. the list of China's Advantageous Areas of Characteristic Agricultural Products. In 2022, Suizhou realized a GDP of 132.878 billion yuan, an increase of 4.4% over the previous year at comparable prices.