Zhengzhou
郑州市 Chengchow | |
---|---|
Erqi Square Zhengzhou City God Temple | |
Nickname(s): business city, green city | |
Motto(s): Partnership, Openness, Innovation, and Harmony (博大、开放、创新、和谐) | |
![]() | |
![]() Location of Zhengzhou City; jurisdiction in Henan | |
Location in the North China Plain | |
Coordinates (Henan Provincial Hall of the People): 34°45′50″N 113°41′02″E / 34.764°N 113.684°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Henan |
Established | 16th century BCE[a] |
City seat | Zhongyuan |
Subdivisions | |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture-level city |
• Body | Zhengzhou Municipal People's Congress |
• CCP Secretary | An Wei(安伟) |
• Congress Chairman | Zhou Fuqiang(周富强) |
• Mayor | He Xiong(何雄) |
• CPPCC Chairman | Du Xinjun(杜新军) |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 7,567 km2 (2,922 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,284.89 km2 (496.10 sq mi) |
• Metro | 4,271.4 km2 (1,649.2 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census)[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 12,600,574 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
• Urban | 6,650,532 |
• Urban density | 5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 10,260,667 |
• Metro density | 2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi) |
GDP[3][4] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 1,361 trillion US$ 193 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 104,754 US$ 14,866 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 450000 |
Area code | 371 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-HA-01 |
License plate prefixes | 豫A 豫V |
Website | www |
Zhengzhou | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() "Zhèngzhōu" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 郑州 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鄭州 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Zhèng Settlement" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Zhengzhou[b] is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China.[6] Located in northern Henan, it is one of the National Central Cities in China,[7] and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province.[8] The Zhengzhou metropolitan area (including Zhengzhou and Kaifeng) is the core area of the Central Plains Economic Zone.[9][10]
The city lies on the southern bank of the Yellow River.[11] Zhengzhou is a major hub of China's domestic and international transportation network; for example, it is connected to Europe[12] and has an international airport.[13] Zhengzhou is a National Civilized City and a State-list Famous Historical and Culture City.[14] As of 2020, there are two World Cultural Heritage Sites in Zhengzhou. The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) is China's first futures exchange. Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone is China's first Airport Economy Zone.[15]
As of the 2020 Chinese census, the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou had a population of 12,600,574 inhabitants,[16] whom 10,260,667 lived in its built-up (or metro) area made of 6 urban districts plus Zhongmu county, Xinzheng and Xingyang cities now largely being conurbated.[17][18] The city had a total GDP of 1.014 trillion (RMB) in 2018.[19][20] Greater Zhengzhou was named as one of the 13 emerging mega-cities in China in a July 2012 report by the Economist Intelligence Unit,[21] and officially named as the eighth National Central City[22] in 2017 by the central government in Beijing.[23]
Zhengzhou is a major city for scientific research, appearing among the world's top 100 cities as tracked by the Nature Index.[24] The city is home to several national key universities in China, notably Zhengzhou University, Henan University, Henan Agricultural University, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, and Henan University of Technology.[25]
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha>
tags or {{efn}}
templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
template or {{notelist}}
template (see the help page).