Which province and city is Jizhou from?

Jizhou District is a municipal district of Hengshui City, Hebei Province.

Jizhou District is a municipal district of Hengshui City, Hebei Province, located in the southeast of Hebei Province and the hinterland of North China Plain, with a history of more than 2,200 years. As of 202 1, the total area of the whole region is 9 18 square kilometers (including 39.6 square kilometers in Weitun town), and it governs 7 towns, 4 townships and 4 10 villages (including 28 villages in Weitun town), with a permanent population of 370,000 (including Weitun town190,000 people).

Jizhou area was called Yu State first in the Spring and Autumn Period, changed to Zhao State in the Warring States Period, and belonged to Julu County in the Qin Dynasty. Jizhou belonged to Calm State in Ming Dynasty. After the founding of New China, it belongs to Hengshui area of Hebei Province. 1On September 22nd, 993, with the approval of the State Council, Jixian County was withdrawn from the county to establish a city, which has been in use ever since. 2065438+On July 5, 2006, with the approval of the State Council, the county-level jizhou city was revoked and Jizhou District of Hengshui City was established. The original administrative area of jizhou city was Jizhou District. Hebei province is referred to as "Ji" for short, and now there are more than 20 sites of ancient cities in the Han Dynasty, tombs of princes, inscriptions on the southern tour of Emperor Wendi and other ancient characters 107. Since ancient times, Confucianism has flourished in Jizhou, with outstanding people and profound history and culture, which has nurtured the spirit of "respecting business, being humble, striving for self-improvement and striving for the first place" of Jizhou people.