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| Basics
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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 167,000 km2
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Agriculture : bluish dogbane, cotton,
fruit, jute, maize, rice, sesame, tobacco, wheat
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Provincial government office address :
10 Wei'er Road, Zhengzhou 450003
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| Capital and Largest City : Zhengzhou
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Animal products : animal oils, beef,
mutton, pork
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Telephone : (86)(371)590-8241
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| English meaning of name : South of
the River (i.e. the Yellow River)
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Foreign direct investment (2000) :
US$8.424 billion
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Websites (Chinese) : www.henanews.org.cn
; www.henan.gov.cn/
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Han
98.8%, Hui 1%
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GDP (2002) : 616.9 billion yuan
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Website (English) : not available
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| Organization : 17 prefectures; 159
counties; 2440 townships
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GDP per capita : 6417 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 96,130,000
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Industry : building materials,
chemicals, cigarettes, electronics, food processing, glass, machinery,
metallurgy, rubber, textiles, tractors
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Airports : Zhengzhou Xinzheng Airport
(CGO), Luoyang Airport (LYA), Nanyang Airport (NNY), Anyang Airport (AYN)
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| Population density : 576/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: http://www.china.org.cn/english
/features/46345.htm
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Highways/railroads : 64,453 km of
highways including over 1,000 km of expressways; over 2,000 km of mostly
double-tracked rail lines; Zhengzhou is a major rail hub with the largest
freight yard in Asia and a container relay station with service to Eurasia and
coastal ports
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| Weather : hot, wet summers; cool to
cold, dry winters
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Mineral resources : andalusite,
bauxite, blue asbestos, cesium, coal, gold, grit stone, limestone, marble,
molybdenum, natural gas, nickel, pearlite, petroleum, wolfram
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Major seaports : none (Henan is
landlocked)
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