Liaocheng, nicknamed "Jiangbei Water City", is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province. It is located in the west of Shandong Province, bordering Jinan City and Tai 'an City across the Yellow River in the southeast, Henan Province across the Jindi River in the south, Handan City and Xingtai City in Hebei Province in the west, Dezhou City in the north and northeast, and151east.