Zhumadian, Henan Province, China

Agriculture | Culture | Dams | Transportation

🇨🇳 Zhumadian is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan province, China. It borders Xinyang to the south, Nanyang to the west, Pingdingshan to the north-west, Luohe to the north, Zhoukou to the north-east, and the province of Anhui to the east.

The metro area includes Yicheng District (驿城区). It was once the centre of the Cai state during the Eastern Zhou era. The state leaves its name in several of the subdivisions of including Shangcai County and Xincai County.

The prefecture-level city of Zhumadian includes 9 counties: Runan County (汝南县), Pingyu County (平舆县), Xincai County (新蔡县), Shangcai County (上蔡县), Xiping County (西平县), Suiping County (遂平县), Queshan County (确山县), Zhengyang County (正阳县), Biyang County (泌阳县).

Agriculture Mainly wheat, maize, peanut, sesame, green beans and tobacco.

Culture Zhumadian has a rich cultural history and the birthplace of many great people in ancient times. There is an old site of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai who are the characters in the Butterfly Lovers, a famous Chinese story.

Dams Zhumadian has 62 different dams including Banqiao Dam within its territory. The failure of the Banqiao and Shimantan Dams in 1975, which caused more than 150,000 casualties and made more than 10 million people homeless, is considered the biggest catastrophe of its kind.

Transportation One of the Chinese main highways, China National Highway 107, runs through Zhumadian. Zhumadian also has its own transportation system.

Zhumadian, Henan Province, China 
<b>Zhumadian, Henan Province, China</b>
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Zhumadian has a population of over 1,466,913 people. Zhumadian also forms the centre of the wider Zhumadian prefecture which has a population of over 7,008,427 people.

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North of: 32.979

🇯🇵 Shimanto 32.983

🇯🇵 Arao 32.986

🇨🇳 Nanyang 32.996

🇲🇦 Settat 33

🇮🇱 Nahariyya 33

🇯🇵 Yamaga 33.007

🇺🇸 Wylie 33.017

🇮🇱 Nahariya 33.02

🇺🇸 Plano 33.029

🇺🇸 LaGrange 33.033

South of: 32.979

🇺🇸 Summerville 32.976

🇯🇵 Saiki 32.962

🇺🇸 Carrollton 32.961

🇺🇸 Richardson 32.955

🇮🇱 Safad 32.95

🇺🇸 Grapevine 32.939

🇨🇳 Xinghua 32.931

🇺🇸 Rockwall 32.931

🇮🇱 Acre 32.925

🇮🇱 Karmiel 32.923

West of: 114.029

🇭🇰 Yuen Long 114.017

🇨🇳 Luohe 114.017

🇭🇰 Tin Shui Wai 114.002

🇲🇾 Miri 113.983

🇭🇰 Tuen Mun 113.973

🇷🇺 Mirny 113.967

🇭🇰 Tung Chung 113.933

🇨🇳 Xinxiang 113.927

🇨🇳 Chibi 113.9

🇨🇳 Xiaogan 113.9

Antipodal to Zhumadian is: -65.971,-32.979

Locations Near: Zhumadian 114.029,32.9794

🇨🇳 Luohe 114.017,33.58 d: 66.8  

🇨🇳 Biyang 113.317,32.717 d: 72.6  

🇨🇳 Xinyang 114.06,32.125 d: 95  

🇨🇳 Zhoukou 114.635,33.63 d: 91.7  

🇨🇳 Xuchang 113.852,34.037 d: 118.7  

🇨🇳 Pingdingshan 113.193,33.767 d: 117  

🇨🇳 Yuzhou 113.489,34.142 d: 138.6  

🇨🇳 Xinhualu 113.722,34.39 d: 159.4  

🇨🇳 Xinzheng 113.74,34.396 d: 159.8  

🇨🇳 Nanyang 112.527,32.996 d: 140.1  

Antipodal to: Zhumadian -65.971,-32.979

🇦🇷 San Luis -66.333,-33.3 d: 19966  

🇦🇷 Río Cuarto -64.35,-33.133 d: 19863.1  

🇦🇷 Villa Carlos Paz -64.517,-31.4 d: 19792.4  

🇦🇷 Cosquín -64.45,-31.233 d: 19773.8  

🇦🇷 Córdoba -64.185,-31.392 d: 19771.3  

🇦🇷 Rivadavia -68.47,-33.18 d: 19781.2  

🇦🇷 Oliva -63.567,-32.033 d: 19766.3  

🇦🇷 Parera -64.502,-35.147 d: 19738.7  

🇦🇷 Villa María -63.267,-32.583 d: 19758.5  

🇦🇷 Jesús María -64.1,-30.983 d: 19731.5  

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