Luoyang
Luoyang
洛阳市 Loyang | |
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Location of Luoyang City jurisdiction in Henan | |
Location on the North China Plain | |
| Coordinates (Luoyang municipal government): 34°37′11″N 112°27′14″E / 34.6197°N 112.4539°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Municipal seat | Luolong District |
| Government | |
| • Party Secretary | Li Ya |
| • Mayor | Liu Wankang |
| Area | |
| 15,229.15 km2 (5,880.01 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 810.4 km2 (312.9 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,402.3 km2 (541.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 144 m (472 ft) |
| Population (2020 census, 2018 for otherwise) | |
| 7,056,699 | |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,249,300 |
| • Urban density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,751,400 |
| • Metro density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 382.0 billion US$ 57.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 56,410 US$ 8,493 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 379 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HA-03 |
| Ethnicities | Han, Hui, Manchu, Mongolian |
| County-level divisions | 15 |
| License plate prefixes | 豫C |
| Website | www |
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Luoyang (simplified Chinese: 洛阳; traditional Chinese: 洛陽; pinyin: Luòyáng) is a city located in the confluence area of the Luo River and the Yellow River in the west of Henan province, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast. As of December 31, 2018, Luoyang had a population of 6,888,500 inhabitants with 2,751,400 people living in the built-up (or metro) area made of the city's five out of six urban districts (except the Jili District not continuously urbanized) and Yanshi District, now being conurbated. By the end of 2022, Luoyang Municipality had jurisdiction over 7 municipal districts, 7 counties and 1 development zone. The permanent population is 7.079 million.
Situated on the central plain of China, Luoyang is among the oldest cities in China and one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. It is the earliest of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.