Anyang
Anyang
安阳市 | |
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Location of Anyang City jurisdiction in Henan | |
Location in the North China Plain | |
| Coordinates (Anyang municipal government): 36°05′56″N 114°23′31″E / 36.099°N 114.392°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Municipal seat | Wenfeng District |
| Area | |
| 7,355 km2 (2,840 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 543.5 km2 (209.8 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,392 km2 (924 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 69 m (226 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 5,477,614 | |
| • Density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,398,887 |
| • Urban density | 2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,675,523 |
| • Metro density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 203.0 billion US$ 30.6 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 39,603 US$ 5,962 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal Code | 455000,456100,456300,456400,456500 |
| Area code | 0372 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HA-05 |
| Major Nationalities | Han |
| County-level divisions | 9 |
| License plate prefixes | 豫E |
| Website | www |
Anyang (simplified Chinese: 安阳; traditional Chinese: 安陽; [án.jǎŋ]) is a prefecture-level city in Henan, China. Geographical coordinates are 35° 41'~ 36° 21' north latitude and 113° 38'~ 114° 59' east longitude. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively. Anyang had a total population of 5,477,614 as of the 2020 census, 2,675,523 of whom lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of four urban districts and Anyang and Tangyin counties, now largely agglomerated with the city proper.
Anyang is the location of the ancient city of Yin, which was the capital of the Shang dynasty and the first stable capital of China. As the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties and one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, Anyang is rich in historical and cultural resources and has a number of world-class and national historical sites. At the end of 1986, it was recognized as a national historical and cultural city.