Shangqiu

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Shangqiu

Total population

1,536,392

Coordinates34.42°, 115.65°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Shangqiu, alternately romanized as Shangkiu, is a city in eastern Henan province, Central China. It borders Kaifeng to the northwest, Zhoukou to the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Anhui to the northeast and southeast respectively. Its population was 7,816,831 inhabitants as of the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 2,831,814 lived in the built-up area made up of two urban districts and Yucheng county now being conurbated.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

G

Guan Ying

han dynasty general and official (died 176 BCE)

Q

Qiao Xuan

Han dynasty official and general (110-184)

X

Xiaolan Huangpu

painter and university teacher

W

Wang Jun

Chinese politician (born 1958)

Ma Ke

Chinese actor

Yu Jiaxi

W

Wang Minggui

Chinese general

Z

Zhang Yuan

association football player

Wang Huan

Deputy Minister of Rites (Song dynasty) ca. 1057; depicted in the painting "Five Old Men of Suiyang" (or Five Elders, Suiyang wu lao tu)

M

Ma Fuguo

L

Luyao Zhang

researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-3434-523X)

L

Li Yu'ang

Chinese Go player

Zhuang Zhou

Chinese Taoist philosopher (c. 369–286 BC)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Recently spotted species

shortbodied cellar spider

Spermophora senoculata

Seen 2026-02-24

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

Seen 2026-02-21

Little Bunting

Emberiza pusilla

Seen 2026-02-21

Vinous-throated Parrotbill

Suthora webbiana

Seen 2026-02-21

Black-faced Bunting

Emberiza spodocephala

Seen 2026-02-21

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

Seen 2026-02-21

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-02-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).