Henan
Henan Province 河南省 | |
|---|---|
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Cheenese | 河南省 (Hénán Shěng) |
| • Abbreviation | 豫 (pinyin: Yù) |
.svg) 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.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.
Freemit airtins
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Henan. |
- Henan Govrenment wabsteid Archived 2006-02-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Cheenese)
Travel guide tae Henan frae Wikivoyage
