How are eastern Henan, western Henan, southern Henan and northern Henan divided, including which cities?

1, eastern Henan refers to the eastern part of Henan Province, including Kaifeng City, Shangqiu City and Zhoukou City, as well as counties (cities) directly under the jurisdiction of the province including yongcheng city, lankao county and Luyi County.

2. Western Henan refers to the western part of Henan Province, including Luoyang City and Sanmenxia City. It has jurisdiction over 8 municipal districts, 3 county-level cities and 10 counties. Western Henan is connected with Guanzhong, with the Central Plains in the east, the Yellow River in the north and Han Shu in the south.

3. South Henan refers to the south of Henan Province. South Henan includes three prefecture-level cities of Nanyang, Zhumadian and Xinyang, and three counties (cities) of dengzhou city, Gushi and Xincai directly under Henan Province.

4. Northern Henan refers to the area north of the Yellow River in Henan Province, including Anyang, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, Puyang, Hebi and Jiyuan. In the north of Henan, Taihang Mountain borders Changzhi and Jincheng in Shanxi Province in the west, Zhanghebei borders Handan in Hebei Province, and Huanghe South borders Luoyang, Zhengzhou and Kaifeng in the east.

There is no clear division between eastern Henan, western Henan, southern Henan and northern Henan. Geographically, Xuchang refers to the central part of Henan, and Kaifeng belongs to the eastern part of Henan.

Extended data:

Henan Province, referred to as "Yu" for short, is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC). Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, is located in the middle of China, bordering Anhui and Shandong in the east, Hebei and Shanxi in the north, Shaanxi in the west and Hubei in the south.

As of May, 20 18, Henan Province has jurisdiction over 17 provincial cities, 2 1 county-level cities, 85 counties and 52 municipal districts. Henan is the ancestor of Chinese in the world and the source of Chinese historical civilization. It is the birthplace of China's surname; Located in the world, known as "the hinterland of Kyushu and the thoroughfare of ten provinces", it is an important comprehensive transportation hub and information flow center of people flow and logistics in China.

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".

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuxi

Baidu encyclopedia-Yudong

Baidu Encyclopedia-South Henan

Baidu Encyclopedia-North Henan