Liaocheng, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is located in the western part of Shandong Province, neighboring Jinan and Tai'an in the southeast across the Yellow River, Puyang in the south across the Jindi River, Puyang in Henan Province, Handan and Xingtai in Hebei Province in the west and northwest across the Zhangwei River, and bordering with Dezhou in the north and northeast, between the longitude of 115°16′-116°32′ east and latitude of 35°47′-37°02′ north, with a total area of 8628 km2, and a built-up area of 150.93 km2 (2020). -37°02′, with a straight east-west distance of 114 km and a straight north-south distance of 138 km, a total area of 8,628 square kilometers and a built-up area of 150.93 square kilometers (2020). As of October 2022, Liaocheng City has 2 municipal districts and 5 counties under its jurisdiction, with 1 county-level city in its stead. As of the end of 2022, Liaocheng had a resident population of 5,902,600. With a history of more than 5,000 years, Liaocheng is a national famous historical and cultural city, where the Yellow River culture, representing the farming civilization, and the Canal culture, representing the commercial civilization, are intertwined. There are more than 400 cultural relics and monuments left in the city, six heritage sites and two sections of the river were included in the list of the World Cultural Heritage of the Grand Canal, and there are 13 national cultural relics protection units, such as Guangyue Tower of the Ming Dynasty and Shan-Shaan Guild Hall of the Qing Dynasty. Many stories in the Chinese classical literature masterpieces "Water Margin", "Plum in the Golden Vase" and "Liaozhai Zhiyi" took place in Liaocheng. Liaocheng is the famous prime minister of the Shang Dynasty Yi Yin plowing place, the Warring States military Sun Bin birthplace, the King of Dong'a Cao Zhi chanting music invention place; born in the Song Dynasty medical doctor Cheng Wu Ji, Ming Dynasty literati Xie Hazel, the Qing Dynasty founding scholars Fu Yizhan, master of Chinese paintings Li Kuchan, the famous anti-Japanese general Zhang Zizhong, Diao Diao Guo Shi Fu S Nian, the national scholar Ji Xianlin, the contemporary Paul Zhang Haidi and other celebrities.In 2023, the city is rated as a third-tier city. In 2023, the GDP of Liaocheng City was 292.636 billion yuan, an increase of 6.1% over the previous year at constant prices.