Henan
Henan
河南 Honan | |
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| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 河南省 (Hénán shěng) |
| • Abbreviation | HA / HEN / 豫 (Yù) |
Location of Henan in China | |
| Country | China |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Zhengzhou |
| Divisions | 17 prefectures, 159 counties, 2,455 townships |
| Government | |
| • Type | Province |
| • Body | Henan Provincial People's Congress |
| • Party Secretary | Liu Ning |
| • Congress Chairman | Liu Ning |
| • Governor | Wang Kai |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Kong Changsheng |
| • National People's Congress Representation | 174 deputies |
| Area | |
• Total | 167,000 km2 (64,000 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 17th |
| Highest elevation (Laoyachanao) | 2,413.8 m (7,919 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 99,365,519 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Density | 595/km2 (1,540/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 7th |
| Demographics | |
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| • Languages and dialects | |
| GDP (2023) | |
| • Total | CN¥5,913 billion (6th) (US$839 billion) |
| • Per capita | CN¥60,073 (25th) (US$8,525) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HA |
| HDI (2022) | 0.760 (25th) – high |
| Website | henan |
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| Literal meaning | South of the Yellow River | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henan is a province in Central China. Four of the historical capitals of China, Luoyang, Anyang, Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, are in Henan. Henan is China's third-most populous province and the most populous among inland provinces, with a population of over 99 million as of 2020. It is the world's seventh-most populous administrative division. People from Henan sometimes underwent discrimination within China.
Henan has the 5th-largest provincial economy in China, the largest in Central China and among inland provinces, with a nominal GDP of CN¥5.88 trillion (US$926 billion) in 2021, surpassing that of Turkey (US$815 billion). If it was a country, it would be the 18th-largest economy by nominal GDP as of 2021. Henan hosts more than 150 institutions of higher education, ranking first in Central China. As of 2025, three cities in the province ranked in the top 140 cities in the world by scientific research output (Zhengzhou 58th, Kaifeng 136th and Xinxiang 138th) as tracked by the Nature Index.