Heze

Heze is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong , People's Republic of China. The westernmost prefecture-level city in Shandong, it borders Jining to the east and the provinces of Henan and Anhui to the west and south respectively.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Heze administers 9 , including 1 and 8 .

*Mudan District
*Dingtao County
*Cao County
*Chengwu County
*Shan County
*Juye County
*Yuncheng County
*Juancheng County
*Dongming County

These are further divided into 158 .

Economy

Heze is the largest center in China for the cultivation of the "national flower" peony, after which the Mudan District was named.
Over 30% of its national income comes from the sale of peony.
According to the government's materials in 1995,there is about 800,000 people living in this areas.