Cangzhou is a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, People's Republic of China. Cangzhou's urban center has a population of approximately 514,074 as of the 2010 national census (corresponding to the built up area of the prefecture-level city), while the prefecture-level administrative unit in total has a population of 7,134,053. Cangzhou City comprises 2 districts, 4 county-level cities, 9 counties and 1 autonomous county. Cangzhou's urban center is a heavily industrial city but the city's administrative territory also includes strongly agricultural areas, and is well-known in China for its Chinese jujubes (Chinese dates) and Ya pears (widely known under the export name of Tianjin Ya Pear).