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HENAN PROVINCE

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Henan, is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. 

Its one-character abbreviation is (pinyin: yù), named after Yuzhou Province (Yù Zho-u), 
a Han Dynasty province (zhou) that included parts of Henan. 

The name Henan means "south of the (Yellow) River" (Huang He).

With nearly 100 million people, Henan is the most populous province of China by residency. 

It borders Hebei to the north, Shandong to the northeast, Anhui to the southeast, Hubei to the south, 
Shaanxi to the west, and Shanxi to the northwest.

Henan is often called Zhongyuan (zho-ngyuán) or Zhongzhou (zho-ngzho-u), 
literally "central plains" or "midland"; this name is also broadly applied to the entire North China Plain. 

Henan is traditionally regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization.

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