Botou, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, is managed by Cangzhou City. It is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, with geographic coordinates ranging from 116 ° 2 ′ to 116 ° 5 ′ E and 37 ° 54 ′ to 38 ° 13 ′ N. Emerging cities in Hebei Province. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Botou is 573842.

Botou, built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was named after the rise of canal transportation. It is an important industrial city around the Bohai Sea. Botou covers an area of 1008.9 square kilometers, and the urban area is 29 square kilometers.

Botou is a famous casting city in China, a manufacturing base for automobile stamping dies in China, and the first township of Yali in China. In 1993, it was listed as the development and opening area around the Bohai Sea by the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government. In 1998, it was approved as a provincial comprehensive reform pilot county (city) by Hebei Provincial Government. In November 2019, it was selected into the second batch of counties (districts) meeting the standard of water-saving society construction.

In 2019, Botou achieved a GDP of 2222780000 yuan.