According to Baidu Maps, this area is located in the center of Jiangsu Province, at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Yangzhou is adjacent to Yancheng City and Taizhou City in the east, adjacent to the Yangtze River in the south and across the river from Zhenjiang City; it is connected to Nanjing City in the southwest; and it borders Anhui Chuzhou City in the west.

It borders Huai'an City in the northwest.

Yangzhou is a world heritage city, the world's gastronomic capital, the world's canal capital, the cultural capital of East Asia, one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities and a scenic tourist city with traditional characteristics. It is known as the famous capital of Huaizuo and the best place in Zhuxi.

It has the reputation of the first canal city in China.