Luoyang (chn)

Luoyang

Luoyang ranks 713th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Salamanca, Suwon, and Kaduna. Memorable people born in Luoyang include Xuanzang, Emperor Taizu of Song, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Memorable people who died in Luoyang include Wu Zetian, Cao Cao, and Cai Lun. Luoyang has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Luoyang is located in China.

Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of the Luo River and the Yellow River in the west of Henan province. 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 area made of the city's five out of six urban districts 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. Read more on Wikipedia