Cangzhou[a] is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hebei province, People's Republic of China.

Cangzhou's urban center is a heavily industrial city, but the city's administrative territory also includes strongly agricultural areas, and is well known in China for its Chinese jujubes (Chinese dates), apples and pear (widely known under the export name of Tianjin Ya Pear).

Cangzhou is located in eastern Hebei, immediately to the south of Tianjin, near the coast of the Bohai Sea of the Pacific Ocean.

Bordering prefecture-level cities are Hengshui to the southwest, Baoding to the west, and Langfang to the north.

The city has historically been known in China for its wushu (Chinese martial arts) and acrobatics (specifically, the Wu Qiao school).

[7] Cangzhou is home to a traditional Chinese form of musical performing arts, Kuaiban Dagu.

[9] Cangzhou, though predominated by the Han Chinese majority, is home to a sizable population of the Muslim Hui minority.

Migration to Hebei province and Cangzhou by Xinjiang Muslim minorities (generally ethnic Uighurs) is increasing.