Zhengzhou, referred to as Shangdu for short, is the capital of Henan Province, a megacity and the core city of Central Plains urban agglomeration? [ 1]? The State Council is an important central city in central China and an important comprehensive transportation hub of the country. As of 202 1, the whole city has six districts, 1 county and five county-level cities, with a total area of 7446 square kilometers.
According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 on June165438+1October 65438 in 2020, the permanent population of Zhengzhou was 12600574, the urban population was 9.879 million, and the urbanization rate was 78.4%. In 2020, the regional GDP will be 654.38+0.2003 billion yuan.
Zhengzhou is located in the middle of China, the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the north-central Henan? , located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the transition zone from the northeast wing of Funiu Mountain Range to Huanghuai Plain, high in the west and low in the east, high in the middle and low in the northeast or southeast; It belongs to the continental monsoon climate in the north temperate zone with four distinct seasons.
Zhengzhou is an important hub city of railway, aviation, electric power, postal service and telecommunication in China, and has the largest freight marshalling station in Asia. Zhengzhou Airport Port Area is the only comprehensive experimental area of national airport economy in China, and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange is the first futures exchange in China.
Zhengzhou is the seat of Zhengzhou Joint Logistics Support Center of the Joint Logistics Support Force and the Fourth Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court, People's Republic of China (PRC). It is also the core component of Zheng Luoxin National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone and China (Henan) Pilot Free Trade Zone. On October 20 17 1 month, the National Development and Reform Commission approved to support Zhengzhou to build a national central city.
Zhengzhou is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization? , a national historical and cultural city, one of the six sites supported by the state, one of the eight ancient capitals of China, and a member of the World Historical Metropolis Alliance. Zhengzhou has built its capital five times in history, with nearly 10,000 immovable cultural relics, including 2 world cultural heritages and 80 national key cultural relics protection units in 74 places.