Henan

Henan Province
Henan Province; 河南省
	Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	河南省 (Hénán Shěng)
• Abbreviation	豫 (pinyin: Yù)
	Map shawin the location o Henan Province
Named for	河 hé - (Yellow) River ; 南 nán - sooth ; "sooth o the Yellae River"
Caipital; (an lairgest ceety)	Zhengzhou
Divisions	17 prefecturs, 159 coonties, 2455 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Lu Zhangong 卢展工
• Govrenor	Guo Gengmao 郭庚茂
Area
• Total	167000 km2 (64,000 sq mi)
Area rank	17t
Population (2010)
• Total	94,023,567
• Rank	3rd
• Density	560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Density rank	6t
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han - 98.8%; Hui - 1%
• Leids an dialects	Mandarin, Henan
ISO 3166 code	CN-41
GDP (2011)	CNY 2.70 trillion; US$ 427 billion (5t)
• per capita	CNY 24,719; US$ 3,611 (21t)
HDI (2008)	0.787 (medium) (15t)
Website	www.henan.gov.cn (Simplifeed Cheenese)

Henan (Cheenese: 河南; pinyin: Hénán; Wade–Giles: Ho-nan), is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, locatit in the central pairt o the kintra. Its ane-character abbreviation is "豫" (yù), namit efter Yuzhou (豫州 Yù Zhōu), a Han Dynasty state (zhou) that includit pairts o Henan. Although the name o the province (河南) means "sooth o the river",^[1] approximately a quairter o the province lees north o the Yellae River, kent as the "Huang He" an aw.

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