Laocheng | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates: | 34.7108°N 112.4967°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Henan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Luoyang |
Area Total Km2: | 57 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 197800 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 471000 |
Laocheng is a district of Luoyang in Henan, China.
Laocheng District's history could be retrospect to BC 1042 the Xizhou Dynasty. Lao in Chinese means "old", and cheng means "city, downtown", so Laocheng's original meaning is "old downtown". Laocheng is a historical district and a cultural and business center.
As 2012, this district is divided to 6 subdistricts.[3]