page_title: Luoyang
section_title: Administrative divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Luoyang / Administrative divisions
caption_attribution_description: English: Luòyáng Museum
context_page_description: Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast. As of the final 2010 census, Luoyang had a population of 6,549,941 inhabitants with 1,857,003 people living in the built-up area made of the city's five urban districts, all of which except the Jili District are not urbanized yet.
  Situated on the central plain of China, Luoyang is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization, and is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.
context_section_description: The prefecture-level city of Luoyang administers 5 "built-up" urban districts, 1 additional district, 1 county-level city, and 9 more rural counties:
  Luoyang proper
  Jianxi District (涧西区)
  Xigong District (西工区)
  Laocheng District (老城区)
  Chanhe Hui District (瀍河回族区)
  Luolong District (洛龙区)
  Jili District (non-urban, 吉利区)
  Yanshi City(偃师市)
  Mengjin County (孟津县)
  Xin'an County (新安县)
  Luoning County (洛宁县)
  Yiyang County (宜阳县)
  Yichuan County (伊川县)
  Song County (嵩县)
  Luanchuan County (栾川县)
  Ruyang County (汝阳县)
  During the 2010 census, the 5 "built-up" urban districts held a population of 1,857,003, making it the fourth-largest city in Henan. The entire area of Luoyang's municipal government held 6,549,941 inhabitants total.
caption: Luoyang Museum
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