States or Territories

Henan

Province

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Henan." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/henan.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Henan. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/henan

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-henan,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Henan},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/henan},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Henan is a province in Central China. It is China's third most populous province and the most populous among inland provinces, with a population of over 99 million as of 2020. Its capital is Zhengzhou, and the 2020 census recorded a population of 99,365,519 across an area of about 167,000 square kilometers.

Facts

Capital

Zhengzhou 1

Population

99,365,519 1

2020 census figure from Henan's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Area (sq km)

167,000 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

China

Henan is a province of China.

Source Henan (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Zhengzhou

Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan.

Source Zhengzhou (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Asia

Henan's own infobox names China as its country (checked live this session); China is on-continent Asia (its own live edge, content.EntityRelationship, checked this session), so Henan is on-continent Asia.

Source Henan (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Henan (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction

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Henan is a province in Central China. 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.

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