Zhoukou
Zhoukou is in East Henan，on the Shaying River. It is known for its long-standing role as a regional transport and trading hub. The city's origins trace back to ancient settlements around the states of Chen and Cai, two historical polities active during the Zhou Dynasty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 8,950,000 residents
- Description: prefecture-level city in Henan, China
- Also known as: “Chou-chia-k’ou”, “Chou-k’ou”, “Chou-k’ou-chen”, “Chow-kia-kow”, “Chowkow”, “Shang-shui-hsien”, “Zhoukou City”, and “Zhoukouzhen”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chengbei.
Chengbei
Suburb
Chengbei Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Chuanhui District, Zhoukou, Henan, People's Republic of China, located in the northern outskirts of the Zhoukou's urban area as its name suggests. As of 2011, it has 15 residential communities under its administration.
Zhoukou
- Categories: prefecture-level city, big city, and locality
- Location: East Henan, Henan, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.6306° or 33° 37′ 50″ northLongitude
114.6424° or 114° 38′ 33″ eastPopulation
8,950,000Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)United Nations Location Code
CN ZKOOpen location code
8P5PJJJR+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 244083185OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Zhoukou” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tsjoukou”
- Afrikaans: “Zhoukou”
- Arabic: “زهوكو”
- Asturian: “Zhoukou”
- Basque: “Zhoukou”
- Bengali: “চৌখৌ”
- Bengali: “ঝোকু”
- Bulgarian: “Джоукоу”
- Catalan: “Zhoukou”
- Cebuano: “Zhoukou”
- Chinese: “Chiu-kháu-chhī”
- Chinese: “Zhōukǒu Shì”
- Chinese: “周口”
- Chinese: “周口市”
- Czech: “Čou-kchou”
- Danish: “Zhoukou”
- Dutch: “Zhoukou”
- Finnish: “Zhoukou”
- French: “Zhoukou”
- Gan Chinese: “周口市”
- German: “Zhoukou”
- Greek: “Τσούκου”
- Gujarati: “ઝોઉકોઉ”
- Hebrew: “ג’ואוקואו”
- Hindi: “ज़ोकू”
- Hindi: “ज़्होऊकौ”
- Hungarian: “Csoukou”
- Indonesian: “Zhoukou”
- Irish: “Zhoukou”
- Italian: “Zhoukou”
- Japanese: “周口市”
- Kannada: “ಝೌಕೌ”
- Kikuyu: “Zhoukou”
- Korean: “저우커우 시”
- Korean: “저우커우시”
- Kurdish: “Zhoukou”
- Latvian: “Žoukou”
- Lithuanian: “Džoukou”
- Malagasy: “Zhoukou”
- Malay: “Zhoukou”
- Marathi: “झोऊकौ”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Ciŭ-kāu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chiu-kháu-chhī”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zhoukou”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zhoukou”
- Norwegian: “Zhoukou”
- Pampanga: “Zhoukou”
- Persian: “ژوکو”
- Polish: “Zhoukou”
- Portuguese: “Zhoukou”
- Russian: “Чжоуко”
- Russian: “Чжоукоу”
- Serbian: “Џоукоу”
- Sinhala: “සොකෞ”
- Slovenian: “Žoukou”
- Spanish: “Zhoukou”
- Swedish: “Zhoukou”
- Tamil: “ஷோவுகோவு”
- Telugu: “జ్హౌక్యో”
- Thai: “โจวโกว”
- Turkish: “Zhoukou”
- Uighur: “Juko shehiri”
- Ukrainian: “Чжоукоу”
- Urdu: “ژووکوو”
- Venetian: “Zhoukou”
- Vietnamese: “Chu Khẩu”
- Waray (Philippines): “Zhoukou”
- Welsh: “Zhoukou”
- Wu Chinese: “周口市”
- Yue Chinese: “周口”
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