| Geography and Climate | 
                Area : 16.7 million square kilometersLocation : Central and eastern regions in China, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.Geography: High in West and low in EastClimate : Four distinct seasons. | 
        
            | Population | 
                Population: 37,513,000 (2019, settled population) | 
        
            | District and Organization | 
                Administrative Divisions: 12 prefecture-level cities, 1 sub-provincial city, 54 districts, 21 county-level cities, 45 counties, 1 autonomous county (2019)Location of the provincial government: HarbinOrganizaton: Governor (1), Vice-governor (7) | 
        
            | Major Events | 
                China (Zhengzhou) World Tourism City Mayor Forum, China Henan International Investment and Trade Fair, Chinese Overseas Chinese Central Plains Economic Cooperation Forum | 
        
            | Cultural Heritage | 
                Shaolin Temple, Luoyang, Longmen Grottoes, Yuntaishan, Xuehua, Taihao Tomb, Qingtian Lake | 
        
            | Sisterhood & Friendship Provinces / Cities | 
                Japan: Niigata Prefecture(Aug 1983), Hokkaido(June 1986), Yamagata Prefecture(Aug 1993)Korea: Chungcheongbuk-do Province(Sept 1996), Chungcheongnam-do Province(Jan 2015)Russia: Amur Region(May 1995), Khabarovsk Territory, Russia(May 1995), Jewish Autonomous Region, Russia(May 2010)Others: Alvata, Canada(Sept 1981), Wisconsin(Oct 1982), Alaska(Feb 1985), US; Prahova, Romania(April 1992); Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland(April 1995); Västerbotten County, Sweden(May 2001); Saxony-Anhalt State, Germany(Feb 2003); Luxembourg Province, Belgium(June 2006); Lappi, Finland(June 2008); Salzburg Region, Austria(March 2012); Vitebsk Region, Belarus(Jan 2014); Solothurn Canton, Swiss(Sept 2015); West Java Province, Indonesia(May 2017); Friesland Province, Netherlands(June 2017) |