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Jining is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, located in the southwest of Shandong Province, bordering Linyi City in the east, Heze City in the west, Zaozhuang City and Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province in the south, and Tai 'an City in the north. It is one of the central cities of Huaihai Economic Zone approved by Shandong Provincial Government, a famous historical and cultural city and a waterfront eco-tourism city. Jining has a warm temperate monsoon climate with a total area of 1 1 187 square kilometers.
Jining is located in the hinterland of southwest Shandong, at the junction of Huang-Huai-Hai Plain and south-central Shandong. It borders Linyi City in the east, Heze City in the west, Zaozhuang City and Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province in the south, Tai 'an City in the north, and Liaocheng City across the Yellow River in the northwest corner. The northernmost is Zouqiao Village, Xiaolukou Town, Liangshan County, the southernmost is Gaolou Township, Weishan County, the easternmost is Quanlin Town, surabaya county, and the westernmost is Gaotang Village, Heihumiao Township, Liangshan County, with a total area of1187 square kilometers, north-south length 167 kilometers, and east-west width/kloc-0.