Kaifeng
prefecture-level city in Henan, China, a former capital of China
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Summary
Kaifeng is a prefecture-level city[1]. Kaifeng ranks in the top 3% of prefecture level city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,884 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Henan[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Instance of: big city[5]
- Shares border with: Zhengzhou[6], Xinxiang[7]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Longting District[8], Shunhe Hui District[9], Gulou District[10], Yuwangtai District[11], Qi County[12], Tongxu County[13], Weishi County[14], Xiangfu District[15], Lankao County[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Omsk[17], Kiryat Motzkin[18], Wichita[19], Toda[20], Wingecarribee Shire[21], Yeongcheon[22]
- Postal code: 475000[23]
- Commons category: Kaifeng[24]
- Licence plate code: 豫B[25]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[26]
- Local dialing code: 0371[27]
- Significant event: Siege of Kaifeng (1232)[28]
- Official website: http://www.kaifeng.gov.cn[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kaifeng[30]
- Population: 4,564,900[31], 4,824,016[32]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Otto's encyclopedia[34], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35], Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition[36], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[37]
- Capital of: Later Zhou dynasty[38]
- Official name: 开封市[39]
- Category for people born here: Q7915422[40]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kaifeng[41]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Kaifeng[42]
- Elevation above sea level: 75 m[43]
- Area: 6240.22 km²[44]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Kaifeng[45]
Why It Matters
Kaifeng has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Kaifeng is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]