Hengshui, a prefecture level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, between 115 ° 10 ′ - 116 ° 34 ′ E and 37 ° 03 ′ - 38 ° 23 ′ N, adjacent to Cangzhou City and Dezhou City in Shandong Province in the east, Shijiazhuang City in the west, Xingtai City in the south, Baoding City and Cangzhou City in the north, with a total area of 8836 square kilometers. By the end of 2021, the registered residence of Hengshui City is 4.589 million. By the end of 2021, Hengshui has jurisdiction over 2 municipal districts, 1 county-level city and 8 counties.

Hebei, under the jurisdiction of Hengshui, is the first of the nine states. Hebei Province is called Hebei because of this. Dong Zhongshu, Kong Yingda, Gao Shi, Sun Li and other well-known figures have emerged. By 2022, Hengshui has 6 national intangible cultural heritage protection projects, 33 provincial intangible cultural heritage protection projects, 55 municipal intangible cultural heritage protection projects, Hengshui Lake, Wuqiang New Year Picture Museum, Jizhou City and other tourist attractions.

Hengshui is located in the alluvial plain of Hebei Province, and the terrain slowly slopes from southwest to northeast, with an altitude of 12-30 meters. It belongs to the continental monsoon climate zone and belongs to the warm and semi-arid type. It is an important agricultural and sideline product processing and supply base in Beijing and Tianjin. Hengshui belongs to the Jingnan District of the "1+9+3" plan of the Bohai Rim Economic Circle and the Capital Economic Circle. It is a member city of the Joint Mayors' Meeting of the Bohai Rim Regional Cooperation, and is called the "Golden Cross" by Fei Xiaotong. On October 23, 2019, it was identified as "the third batch of demonstration cities for urban black and odorous water treatment". In 2021, Hengshui will achieve a GDP of 170.31 billion yuan.