Puyang

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Puyang is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Henan Province, China, located on the north bank of the Yellow River. It borders Anyang to the west, Xinxiang to the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Hebei to the east and north.

As of the 2020 census, the city had about 3.77 million people, with a built-up metro area of around 2.52 million that includes Hualong District, Puyang County, and Qingfeng County. The total area is 4,188 square kilometers, with about 310 square kilometers of urban land and a larger metro area of roughly 2,520 square kilometers. The population is predominantly Han Chinese (about 99.7%), with small Hui and Mongolian minorities.

Puyang has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons. The average annual temperature is about 13.7 C. Summers are hot with heavy rainfall, and winters are cold but not very snowy. Annual precipitation ranges around 502–601 mm. The frost-free period lasts about 205 days, and extreme temperatures range from 43.1 C to -21 C.

Historically, Puyang is considered one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. The Yangshao culture burial site found here is famous for a cosmogram symbol. The Classics of Poetry mention Puyang’s countryside. Notable natives include Wu Qi, Shang Yang, and Lü Buwei. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao used Puyang as his Yan Province headquarters.

There are many cultural relics and tourist sites in the city, such as Qicheng Relics, Cangjie Tomb, Zhanghui Mausoleum, Emperor Shun’s Palace, and the Huiluan Tablet, as well as parks like Pushang Park and Zhongyuan Green Manor. Puyang promotes various tourist routes, including historical, revolutionary (red) tourism, and Yellow River scenery tours.

Economically, Puyang is a major petrol-chemical city with abundant petroleum, natural gas, and coal. It hosts large enterprises such as Zhongyuan Oilfield, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), and Zhongyuan Dahua Group, making the petrochemical industry a key part of its economy.