16. According to official website of Shandong Education Examinations Institute, only 7087 people in Heze100000 have college education or above, which is less than that in other cities, so Heze education ranks last with 16. Heze City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province in People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the southwest of Shandong Province, with a land area of 12 155.23 square kilometers. As of 202 1, the permanent population of the city is 8,732,400, with two districts and seven counties under its jurisdiction.