洛陽是地處中原的河南省西部一個地級市(prefecture-level city)。 它東部舭鄰省會鄭州，南接南陽，西連三門峽(Sanmenxia)，北鄰濟源。 在唐代(the Tang Dynasty),洛陽是東都(Dongdu)，東部首都，其人 口最多的時候有100萬左右，僅次于當時世界上最大的城市——長安。 在短暫的五代(Five Dynasties)時期，洛陽是后梁(Later Liang)，后唐 (Later Tang)和后晉(Later Jin)的首都，后來。北宋(the North Song Dynasty)時期，洛陽是西部首都，也是宋朝的建立人趙匡胤的出生地。

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Luoyang is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province of Central China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, and Jiyuan to the north. During the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang was Dongdu (東都),the “Eastern Capital' and at its height had a population of around one million, second only to Chang，an，which, at the time，was the largest city in the world. During the short-lived Five Dynasties, Luoyang was the capital of the Later Liang, Later Tang, and Later Jin. During the North Song Dynasty, Luoyang was the “Western Capital” and birthplace of Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of Song Dynasty.