Hengshui is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong to the southeast,It borders Shijiazhuang City to the west, Xingtai City to the south, and Baoding City and Cangzhou City to the north. As of the 2020 census its population was 4,212,933 inhabitants, out of whom 805,000 lived in the built-up area made of Taocheng urban district. It is on the Beijing–Kowloon railway. Hengshui has a long history and profound cultural heritage.