Kaifeng

The ancient city of Kaifeng is on the southern bank of the Yellow River in eastern Province. The capital of several dynasties, with a history of over 4,100 years, it is a vibrant city today.
  • City with about 4,820,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 80 metres (250 feet)
  • Description: prefecture-level city in Henan, China, a former capital of China
  • Also known as
    “Bian”
    “Bianjing”
    “Bianliang”
    “Bianzhou”
    “Daliang”
    “Dongjing”
    “Eastern Capital”
    “K’ai-feng-fu”
    “K’ai-feng-hsien”
    “K’ai-feng-shih”
    “Kai-fong”
    “Kaifeng Shi”
    “Kaïfoung”
    “Pien”
    “Pien-ching”
    “Pien-chou”
    “Pien-liang”
    “Ta-liang”
    “Tung-ching”
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Songchenglu and Shanxi-Shaanxi-Gansu Guild Hall.
Railway station
The railway station is a railway station on the Zhengzhou–Kaifeng intercity railway.
Heritage site
The or Wanshou pavilion is located…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Daxing Subdistrict.
Suburb
is a subdistrict in Longting District, Kaifeng, , China.
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Latitude
34.7991° or 34° 47′ 57″ north
Longitude
114.3055° or 114° 18′ 20″ east
UN/LOCODE
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Open location code
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kaifeng” goes by many names.
KaifengAfrikaans
ካይፈንግAmharic
كايفنغArabic
ԿայֆինArmenian
KaifengAsturian
KayfınAzerbaijani
KaifengBasque
КайфэнBelarusian
খাইফেংBengali
КайфънBulgarian
KaifengCatalan
KaifengCebuano
Kāifēng ShìChinese
东京Chinese
东京开封府Chinese
南京Chinese
南京开封府Chinese
南京開封府Chinese
大梁Chinese
开封Chinese
开封市Chinese
東京Chinese
東京開封府Chinese
汴州Chinese
汴梁Chinese
浚仪Chinese
浚儀Chinese
祥符Chinese
金朝南京Chinese
開封Chinese
開封市Chinese
KaifengCroatian
Kchaj-fengCzech
BianliangDanish
DaliangDanish
KaifengDanish
K’ai-fengDutch
كايفنجEgyptian Arabic
KaifengEsperanto
KajfenEsperanto
KaifengEstonian
KaifengFinnish
开封市Gan Chinese
კაიფინიGeorgian
ქაიფენგიGeorgian
ΚάιφενγκGreek
કાઈફેંગGujarati
קאיפנגHebrew
कैफेंगHindi
KajfengHungarian
KaifengIdo
DaliangIndonesian
KaifengIndonesian
KaifengIrish
BiànItalian
Kai FengItalian
啓封Japanese
大梁Japanese
東京開封府Japanese
汴Japanese
汴京Japanese
開封Japanese
開封市Japanese
ಕೈಫೆಂಗ್Kannada
KaifengKikuyu
КайфыңKirghiz
변경Korean
카이펑Korean
카이펑 시Korean
KaifengKurdish
KaifengaLatvian
KaifengasLithuanian
БјенѓингMacedonian
БјенљангMacedonian
КајфенгMacedonian
KaifengMalagasy
KaifengMalay
कॅफेंगMarathi
Kăi-hŭngMin Dong Chinese
Khai-hong-chhīMin Nan Chinese
КайфэнMongolian
KaifengNorwegian
KaifengNorwegian Bokmål
BianjingNorwegian Nynorsk
BianlingNorwegian Nynorsk
DaliangNorwegian Nynorsk
KāifēngNorwegian Nynorsk
LiangNorwegian Nynorsk
КайфынOssetian
KaifengPampanga
کایفنگPersian
KaifengPolish
KajfengPolish
KaifengRomanian
БяньлянRussian
КайфынRussian
КайфэнRussian
KaifengScots
КајфенгSerbian
KaifengSerbo-Croatian
BianliangSwedish
KaifengSwedish
КойфенгTajik
காய்பெங்Tamil
கைஃபெங்Tamil
కైఫెంగ్Telugu
ไคฟงThai
ไคเฟิงThai
KaifengTurkish
Keyféng shehiriUighur
كەيفېڭ شەھىرىUighur
КайфенUkrainian
کائفینگUrdu
KayfinUzbek
KaifengVenetian
Biện KinhVietnamese
Biện LươngVietnamese
Khai PhongVietnamese
KaifengWaray (Philippines)
KaifengWelsh
开封市Wu Chinese
開封Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

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“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.”

East Henan: Highlights

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