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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.
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  • Type: City with 4,680,000 residents
  • 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”, “K’ai-feng Shih”, “K’ai-feng-fu”, “K’ai-feng-hsien”, “K’ai-feng-shih”, “Kai-feng”, “Kaï-feng”, “Kai-fêng Fu”, “Kai-feng Shih”, “Kai-feng-fu”, “Kai-fong”, “Kaifeng Shi”, “Kaifengfu”, “Kaifoung”, “Kaïfoung”, “Pien”, “Pien-ching”, “Pien-chou”, “Pien-liang”, “Ta-liang”, and “Tung-ching”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Songchenglu and Shanxi-Shaanxi-Gansu Guild Hall.

Railway station
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The railway station is a railway station on the Zhengzhou–Kaifeng intercity railway. The station is located on the south side of Songcheng Road, Kaifeng, , .

Museum
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is a museum.

Heritage site
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The or Wanshou pavilion is located in Kaifeng in the eastern part of province, People's Republic of China. During the Northern Song and Jin dynasties, Kaifeng was an imperial capital city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Daxing.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Longting District, Kaifeng, , . As of 2018, it has 2 residential communities under its administration.

Kaifeng

Latitude
34.7991° or 34° 47′ 57″ north
Longitude
114.3055° or 114° 18′ 20″ east
Population
4,680,000
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CN KFG
Open location code
8P6PQ8X4+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244080911
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1804879
Wiki­data ID
Q208471
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kaifeng” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kaifeng”
  • Amharic: “ካይፈንግ”
  • Arabic: “كايفنغ”
  • Armenian: “Կայֆին”
  • Asturian: “Kaifeng”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kayfın”
  • Basque: “Kaifeng”
  • Belarusian: “Кайфэн”
  • Bengali: “খাইফেং”
  • Catalan: “Kaifeng”
  • Cebuano: “Kaifeng”
  • Chinese: “Kāifēng Shì”
  • Chinese: “Khai-hong-chhī”
  • Chinese: “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”
  • Croatian: “Kaifeng”
  • Czech: “Kchaj-feng”
  • Danish: “Bianliang”
  • Danish: “Daliang”
  • Danish: “Kaifeng”
  • Dutch: “K’ai-feng”
  • Dutch: “Kaifeng”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كايفنج”
  • Esperanto: “Kaifeng”
  • Esperanto: “Kajfen”
  • Estonian: “Kaifeng”
  • Finnish: “Kaifeng”
  • French: “Kaï-foung”
  • French: “Kaifeng”
  • French: “Kaïfeng”
  • French: “Kaïfoung”
  • French: “Khai fin”
  • French: “Khai-fin”
  • French: “Laoqiu”
  • Gan Chinese: “开封市”
  • Georgian: “კაიფინი”
  • Georgian: “ქაიფენგი”
  • German: “Bianjing”
  • German: “Bianliang”
  • German: “Kaifeng”
  • Greek: “Κάιφενγκ”
  • Gujarati: “કાઈફેંગ”
  • Hebrew: “קאיפנג”
  • Hindi: “कैफेंग”
  • Hungarian: “Kajfeng”
  • Ido: “Kaifeng”
  • Indonesian: “Daliang”
  • Indonesian: “Kaifeng”
  • Irish: “Kaifeng”
  • Italian: “Biàn”
  • Italian: “Kai Feng”
  • Italian: “Kaifeng”
  • Japanese: “啓封”
  • Japanese: “大梁”
  • Japanese: “東京開封府”
  • Japanese: “汴”
  • Japanese: “汴京”
  • Japanese: “開封”
  • Japanese: “開封市”
  • Kannada: “ಕೈಫೆಂಗ್”
  • Kikuyu: “Kaifeng”
  • Korean: “변경”
  • Korean: “카이펑 시”
  • Korean: “카이펑”
  • Korean: “카이펑시”
  • Kurdish: “Kaifeng”
  • Latvian: “Kaifenga”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaifengas”
  • Macedonian: “Бјенѓинг”
  • Macedonian: “Бјенљанг”
  • Macedonian: “Кајфенг”
  • Malagasy: “Kaifeng”
  • Malay: “Kaifeng”
  • Marathi: “कॅफेंग”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Kăi-hŭng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Khai-hong-chhī”
  • Mongolian: “Кайфэн”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaifeng”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bianjing”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bianling”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Daliang”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaifeng”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kāifēng”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liang”
  • Norwegian: “Kaifeng”
  • Ossetian: “Кайфын”
  • Pampanga: “Kaifeng”
  • Persian: “کایفنگ”
  • Polish: “Kaifeng”
  • Polish: “Kajfeng”
  • Portuguese: “Kaifeng”
  • Romanian: “Kaifeng”
  • Russian: “Бяньлян”
  • Russian: “Кайфын”
  • Russian: “Кайфэн”
  • Scots: “Kaifeng”
  • Serbian: “Кајфенг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kaifeng”
  • Sinhala: “කයිෆෙන්ග්”
  • Slovenian: “Kajfeng”
  • Spanish: “Bian”
  • Spanish: “Bianjing”
  • Spanish: “Bianzhou”
  • Spanish: “Daliang”
  • Spanish: “Dongjong”
  • Spanish: “Kaifeng”
  • Spanish: “Kaufong”
  • Swedish: “Bianliang”
  • Swedish: “Kaifeng”
  • Tajik: “Койфенг”
  • Tamil: “காய்பெங்”
  • Tamil: “கைஃபெங்”
  • Telugu: “కైఫెంగ్”
  • Thai: “ไคเฟิง”
  • Thai: “เมืองไคฟง”
  • Turkish: “Kaifeng”
  • Uighur: “Keyféng shehiri”
  • Uighur: “كەيفېڭ شەھىرى”
  • Ukrainian: “Кайфен”
  • Urdu: “کائفینگ”
  • Uzbek: “Kayfin”
  • Venetian: “Kaifeng”
  • Vietnamese: “Biện Kinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Biện Lương”
  • Vietnamese: “Khai Phong”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kaifeng”
  • Welsh: “Kaifeng”
  • Wu Chinese: “开封市”
  • Yue Chinese: “開封”
  • “开封”

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