Does Henan belong to Central China or North China?

China is divided into eight regions, namely East China, South China, North China, Central China, Southwest China, Northwest China, Northeast China and Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.

East China includes Shandong, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui and Fujian. South China includes Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan; North China includes Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Tianjin and Inner Mongolia. The central part includes Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Henan; Southwest China includes Sichuan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Tibet and Yunnan. Northwest China includes Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu, Shaanxi and Qinghai. There are Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning in the northeast; Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao include Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Province Province.

The total land area of Central China is about 560,000 square kilometers, accounting for 5.9% of the total land area of China.

Brief introduction to the historical development background of Henan Province

Henan, called Zhongyuan, Zhongzhou and Yuzhou in ancient times, is called "Henan" for short. Because most of its history is located in the south of the Yellow River, it is named Henan. Henan is located in the middle and east of China, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. By the end of 20 17, there were 17 prefecture-level cities, 1 provincial administrative units, 52 municipal districts, 20 county-level cities, 85 counties, and Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, with a permanent population of 9559130,000, ranking third in the country.

Henan is the birthplace of Chinese nation and Chinese civilization. Three of China's four great inventions, the compass, papermaking and gunpowder, were all invented in Henan. From Xia Dynasty to Song Dynasty, Henan has always been the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of China.

More than 20 dynasties established or moved their capital to Henan. South of the eight ancient capitals in China, there are four ancient capitals, namely, Luoyang in the 13th Dynasty, Kaifeng in the 8th Dynasty, Anyang in the 7th Dynasty, Zhengzhou in the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Shangqiu, Nanyang, Xuchang, Puyang, Yanshi and Huaiyang. It is the province with the largest number of ancient capitals, the longest history and the largest number in China.