Luoyang

Luoyang 洛阳市 Loyang
Prefecture-level city
Longmen Grottoes White Horse Temple Mudan in Luoyang Baiyun Montain
Location of Luoyang City jurisdiction in Henan
Luoyang Location on the North China Plain Show map of Northern China Luoyang Luoyang (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Luoyang municipal government): 34°37′11″N 112°27′14″E / 34.6197°N 112.4539°E / 34.6197; 112.4539
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Henan
Municipal seat	Luolong District
Government
• Party Secretary	Li Ya
• Mayor	Liu Wankang
Area
• Prefecture-level city	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)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	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[2][3]
• 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.ly.gov.cn

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. 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.^[1] 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.^[4][5]

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.