There are 18 cities in Henan province. 18 The cities are Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Pingdingshan, Jiaozuo, Hebi and Xinxiang. , Anyang, Puyang, Xuchang, Luohe, Sanmenxia, Nanyang, Shangqiu, Xinyang, Zhoukou, Zhumadian and Jiyuan.

Henan is an important economic province in China, with the GDP in 20 17 being the fifth in China and the first in the central and western regions. Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange is the first inland futures exchange in China.

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The origin of Henan place names

Henan province is named because most of its history lies south of the Yellow River. In ancient times, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River were criss-crossed, with dense forests and numerous wild elephants. Henan is described as a place where people hold elephants, which is the origin of the hieroglyph "Yu" and the origin of Henan's abbreviation "Yu".

Location boundary of Henan province

Henan province is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the south of 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 spans 4 59' from 3123' south latitude to 36 22' north latitude, and the linear distance is 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 land area is 6.5438+0.67 million square kilometers.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Henan