Definition of "Henan"
Henan
proper noun
A province of China. Capital: Zhengzhou.
Quotations
Heavy rainfall inundated streets and caused major rivers to burst their banks in the central province of Henan on Tuesday. […] Henan is a particularly populous province and a major transport hub. It is also a key base for industry and agriculture.
2021 July 20, “China: Heavy rains cause deadly floods in Henan province”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 20 July 2021, News
Security forces attacked as many as a thousand protesters who were trying to withdraw their money from four rural banks in Henan Province this weekend.
2022 July 11, Amelia Nierenberg, “Your Tuesday Briefing: Bank Protests in China”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 July 2022
A Mongol autonomous county in Huangnan, Qinghai, China.
Quotations
The very next day, Tenzin Nyima was transferred to a prison in Henan Mongolian Autonomous County for six days of questioning. […] Once in Henan, Tenzin Nyima quickly came to know that Lodroe and Rigdrol, the monks who had helped with the flags, had also been seized.
2000, Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison or Exile, 1st edition, page 139
HENAN MONGOL AUTONOMOUS COUNTY (SOGWO) […] In Henan County, 325km south of Xining, 90 percent of its 27,000 people are Mongolian. […] There is a bus to Henan that leaves Xining at 07:30 everyday.
2000, “Amdo”, in Atsushi Kanamaru, editor, Mapping the Tibetan World, 1st edition, Kotan Publishing, page 201, column 1
Located in the southeast of China’s Qinghai (Kökenuur) province, Henan Mongol Autonomous County has an area of 7,000 square kilometers (2,700 square miles). Henan lies on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau at an altitude mostly over 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) and shares the plateau’s strong sunlight, cool summers, and extremely unpredictable weather.
2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “Henan Mongol Autonomous County”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, Facts on File, page 216, column 1