Handan city's topography has stepped down from west to east, with great disparity in height difference and complex landform types. It is bounded by Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, with middle and low hills in the west and North China Plain in the east. The highest altitude is 1898.7m, the lowest is 32.7m, the relative elevation difference is 1866m, and the total slope is1/0.8 ‰.
Handan City is located in the south of Hebei Province, with a total area of 6.5438+0.2 million square kilometers and a total population of 8.57438+0.00 million. 1985 is listed as an open city in the State Council, 1992 as a "big city" in the State Council and 1994 as a national historical and cultural city in the State Council. Now it has jurisdiction over four districts, one city and fourteen counties. The four districts are Hanshan District, congtai district, Fuxing District and Fengfeng Mining Area; One city is Wu 'an; Fourteen counties are Handan, Linzhang, Cheng 'an, daming county, Shexian, Cixian, Feixiang, Yongnian, Qiuxian, Jize, Guangping, Quzhou, wei county and Guantao. There are 2 14 townships and 5366 administrative villages in the city.
Handan has obvious advantages in resources and location, and a solid economic foundation. It is the central city of the Central Plains Economic and Technological Cooperation Zone. There are beautiful mountains and rivers in the west and rich mineral resources, and the eastern plain is rich in various agricultural products and cash crops, which is known as the "granary and cotton sea in southern Hebei".