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Henan Province, referred to as "Yu" for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), with Zhengzhou as its capital. It is a major agricultural producing area, an important province with mineral resources, a large population, an important comprehensive transportation hub, a center for people flow, logistics and information flow, a major agricultural province and a major grain conversion and processing province.
Henan Province is located in the middle and east of China, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, bordering Anhui and Shandong in the east, Hebei and Shanxi in the north, Shaanxi in the west and Hubei in the south, with a total area of 6.5438+0.67 million square kilometers.
The topography of Henan province is north-south, connecting east and west, with high topography in the west and low topography in the east, which is composed of plains and basins, mountains, hills and water surfaces. The land spans four major river basins: Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River. Most of them are located in the warm temperate zone, and the south is subtropical, which belongs to the continental monsoon climate of transition from the north subtropical zone to the warm temperate zone; Henan is located at the junction of coastal open areas and central and western regions, which is the middle zone of China's economic development from east to west.
Henan province is an important birthplace of the Chinese nation and civilization, and the core area of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. Three generations of civilization laid the foundation for the sustainable development of Chinese civilization, condensed into a mature civilization form between Heluo and formed a radiation rule pattern centered on the capital. In history, more than 200 emperors of more than 20 dynasties established their capitals in Henan. Henan is the largest cultural relic province in China, with the first underground cultural relic and the second above ground cultural relic.
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He 'nan Province is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in central and eastern China, south of the North China Plain. Geographical coordinates: east longitude 1 10 west longitude 2 1', east longitude 1 16 39', spanning longitude 6 18', with a straight line distance of about 580 kilometers; It starts from 3123' north latitude in the south and ends at 36 22' north latitude, with a span of 4 59' and a straight line distance of about 550 kilometers.
Shandong and Anhui in the east, Shaanxi in the west, Hebei and Shanxi in the north and Hubei in the south; The total area of the province is167,000 square kilometers, ranking 17 in all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China, accounting for 1.73% of the total area of the country.