Luoyang
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Summary
Luoyang is a prefecture-level city[1]. Luoyang ranks in the top 1% of prefecture level city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,560 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: World Tourism Cities Federation[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Henan[4]
- Country: People's Republic of China[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Luo River[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], former capital[8]
- Shares border with: Zhengzhou[9]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Laocheng District[10], Xigong District[11], Chanhe Hui District[12], Jianxi District[13], Jili District[14], Luolong District[15], Mengjin District[16], Xin'an County[17], Luanchuan County[18], Song County[19], Ruyang County[20], Yiyang County[21], Luoning County[22], Yichuan County[23]
- Twinned administrative body: Leskovac[24], Okayama[25], Tours[26], Plovdiv[27], Tolyatti[28], Sukagawa[29]
- Legislative body: Luoyang Urban People's Congress[30]
- Postal code: 471000[31]
- Part of: North Henan[32]
- Commons category: Luoyang[33]
- Licence plate code: 豫C[34]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[35]
- Local dialing code: 379[36]
- Official website: http://www.ly.gov.cn/[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Luoyang[38]
- Population: 6,888,500[39], 7,056,699[40], 7,079,000[41], 7,081,000[42]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[43], Great Russian Encyclopedia[44], Belarusian encyclopedia[45], Q105622855[46], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[47]
- Replaces: Wangcheng[48]
- Capital of: Han dynasty[49], Jin dynasty[50], Eastern Wei[51], Cao Wei[52], Later Liang dynasty[53], Yan[54], Western Jin dynasty[55], Eastern Zhou[56]
- Official name: 洛阳市[57]
- Category for people born here: Category:People from Luoyang[58]
- Category for people who died here: Q32754977[59]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Luoyang include Central Kyoto[60], a city proper[61], in Japan[62]; Luoyang Beijiao Airport[63], an airport[64], in People's Republic of China[65]; Record of the Monasteries of Luoyang[66], a literary work[67], written by Yang Xuanzhi[68]; and Luoyang Glass[69], a business[70], in People's Republic of China[71], founded in 1994[72].
Why It Matters
Luoyang has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] Luoyang is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]
Entities named for Luoyang include Central Kyoto[60], a city proper[61], in Japan[62]; Luoyang Beijiao Airport[63], an airport[64], in People's Republic of China[65]; Record of the Monasteries of Luoyang[66], a literary work[67], written by Yang Xuanzhi[68]; and Luoyang Glass[69], a business[70], in People's Republic of China[71], founded in 1994[72].