Shangqiu, referred to as "Shang", is a prefecture-level city in Henan Province. Shangqiu is located at114 49'-116 39' and 33 43'-34 52' north latitude. East-west length168km, north-south length128km. It looks east at Huaibei, Anhui and Xuzhou, Jiangsu, west at Kaifeng, Henan, south at Zhoukou, Henan and Bozhou, Anhui, and north at Heze and Jining, Shandong. The area under the jurisdiction of Shangqiu City accounts for about 6.4% of the total area of Henan Province, with an area of 10704 square kilometers.
According to its genesis and morphological characteristics, Shangqiu city is divided into three types: Yellow River alluvial plain, Huaihe River alluvial plain and denuded residual hill, among which the Yellow River alluvial plain is the main one. Shangqiu has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate. Shangqiu belongs to Huaihe River Basin, Hongze Lake, Vortex River and Nansi Lake.
Shangqiu is a national comprehensive transportation hub. Shangqiu is a famous historical and cultural city in China and one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. It is the origin and settlement of Shang tribes, the earliest capital of Shang Dynasty, the birthplace of merchants' commodity commerce and commercial civilization, and has the reputation of "the source of Chinese businessmen".
By the end of 20 17, Shangqiu had jurisdiction over 2 districts and 6 counties 1 county-level city; By the end of 20 18, Shangqiu had a total population of 9.26170,000 and a permanent population of 7.3253 million. In 20 18, the GDP of Shangqiu area was 238.904 billion yuan, and the annual per capita GDP was 32.673 yuan.
Shangqiu is located at114 49'-116 39' and 33 43'-34 52' north latitude. East-west length168km, north-south length128km. It looks east at Huaibei, Anhui and Xuzhou, Jiangsu, west at Kaifeng, Henan, south at Zhoukou, Henan and Bozhou, Anhui, and north at Heze and Jining, Shandong. The area under the jurisdiction of Shangqiu City accounts for about 6.4% of the total area of Henan Province, with an area of 10704 square kilometers.
The plain area of Shangqiu City is 10623 square kilometers, accounting for 99.24% of the city's total area. Shangqiu hilly area is 8 1 km2, accounting for about 0.76% of the total area. Shangqiu, except for a small area of isolated hills in yongcheng city, is flat and slightly inclined from northwest to southeast, with an altitude of 30-70 meters and a slope of 1/5000- 1/7000.
Due to the influence of natural and human activities such as repeated flooding, diversion and long-term wind and rain of the Yellow River, many plain landforms such as sand dunes, beaches, back river depressions and lake depressions have been formed, which can be divided into two types according to their causes: denudation residual hills and sedimentary accumulation. According to its genesis and morphological characteristics, Shangqiu city is divided into three types: Yellow River alluvial plain, Huaihe River alluvial plain and denuded residual hill, among which the Yellow River alluvial plain is the main one.