Nanyang Commandery

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Nanyang Commandery was an important administrative region in ancient China, located in what is now southern Henan Province and historically known as the birthplace of Emperor Guangwu of Han.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
commandery
abolishedAsCommandery Sui–Tang administrative reforms
administrativeCenterOf Nanyang region NERFINISHED
borderedBy Jingzhou region NERFINISHED
Runan Commandery NERFINISHED
Yingchuan Commandery NERFINISHED
capital Wan NERFINISHED
Wancheng NERFINISHED
country China
economyBasedOn agriculture
salt and iron trade
textile production
existedDuring Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED
Jin dynasty (266–420) NERFINISHED
Northern and Southern dynasties NERFINISHED
Qin dynasty NERFINISHED
Sui dynasty NERFINISHED
Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED
Western Han dynasty NERFINISHED
governedBy Grand Administrator of Nanyang
hadHouseholds over 200,000 households in Western Han
hadPopulation over 1,000,000 inhabitants in Western Han
historicalRegionType commandery of the Han Empire
historicalStatus one of the most populous commanderies of the Han dynasty
knownFor birthplace of Emperor Guangwu of Han
fertile agricultural land
important transport hub
strategic location in central China
language Classical Chinese
locatedIn Central Plains NERFINISHED
Henan NERFINISHED
ancient China
southern Henan Province
notableResident Ban Biao NERFINISHED
Ban Gu NERFINISHED
Ban Zhao NERFINISHED
Deng Ai NERFINISHED
Deng Yu NERFINISHED
Emperor Guangwu of Han NERFINISHED
Zhang Heng NERFINISHED
partOf Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED
Han dynasty administrative system
Western Han dynasty NERFINISHED
presentLocation Nanyang City NERFINISHED
People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
strategicImportance gateway between north China and Jingzhou
key node on routes between Luoyang and the south
traversedBy Han River NERFINISHED
Tang River NERFINISHED
White River NERFINISHED

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Emperor Guangwu of Han birthPlace Nanyang Commandery