Nanyang
Nanyang ( 南阳 市 , Nányáng Shì ) is a Chinese city in the south of Henan Province with an area of 26,591 km² and around 10.26 million inhabitants (mid-2010). Around 900,000 people live in the actual urban settlement area of Nanyang (2010 census).
Administrative structure
The district-free city of Nanyang is made up of two districts, a district-free city, and ten districts. These are:
- Wolong District - 卧龙 区Wòlóng Qū ;
- Wancheng District - 宛城区Wǎnchéng Qū ;
- Dengzhou City - 邓州市Dèngzhōu Shì ;
- Nanzhao County - 南召县Nánzhào Xiàn ;
- Fangcheng district - 方 城县Fāngchéng Xiàn ;
- Xixia County - 西峡 县Xīxiá Xiàn ;
- District Zhenping -镇平县Zhenping Xiàn ;
- Neixiang County - 内乡县Nèixiāng Xiàn ;
- Circle Xichuan -淅川县Xichuan Xiàn ;
- Sheqi County - 社旗县Shèqí Xiàn ;
- Tanghe district - 唐河 县Tánghé Xiàn ;
- Xinye County - 新野县Xīnyě Xiàn ;
- Tongbai County - 桐柏 县Tóngbǎi Xiàn .
Nanyang celebrities
- Emperor Guangwu (-5–57) of the Han Dynasty
- Zhang Heng (78-139), astronomer
- Zhang Zhongjing (150-219), doctor
- Zhuge Liang (181-234), Shu Han strategist
- Han Yu (768-824), poet
- Zhu Yujian (1602–1646), emperor of the southern Min Dynasty
- Chang Wanquan (* 1949), Minister of Defense of the PRC
Web links
Commons : Nanyang - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 33 ° 0 ' N , 112 ° 32' E