河南省概况参考翻译

河南位于中国中东部、黄河中下游，东接安徽、山东，北界河北、山西，西连陕西，南临湖北。全省总面积16.7万平方公里，居全国各省区市第17位，占全国总面积的1.73%。河南是全国人口第一大省，2010年底常住人口9405万人，其中居住在城镇的人口3651万人，占总人口的38.8%；居住在乡村的人口5754万人，占总人口的61.2%。地势西高东低。年平均气温为15.7～12.1℃、年均降水量1380.6～532.5毫米，降雨以6～8月份最多，年均日照1848.0～2488.7小时，全年无霜期189～240天。全省耕地面积11889.6万亩，人均耕地1.20亩。全省平均水资源量404亿立方米，约为全国总量的1.47%，居全国第19位，人均水资源量约400立方米，相当于全国平均水平的1/5。河南辖郑州、开封、洛阳、平顶山、安阳、鹤壁、新乡、焦作、濮阳、许昌、漯河、三门峡、南阳、商丘、信阳、周口、驻马店等17个省辖市，济源1个省直管市，20个县级市，88个县，50个市辖区，1878个乡镇(乡：929，镇：949)，493个街道办事处，4085个居民委员会，47781个村委会。河南是中华民族和华夏文明的重要发祥地。中华民族的人文始祖黄帝诞生在河南新郑，中华文明的起源、文字的发明、城市的形成和国家的建立，都与河南有着密不可分的关系。在5000年中华文明史中，河南作为国家的政治、经济、文化中心长达3000多年。中国八大古都河南就有四个，即九朝古都洛阳、七朝古都开封、殷商古都安阳、商都郑州。全省现有全国重点文物保护单位189处。

Henan is located in the central and eastern part of China, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, bordering Anhui and Shandong in the east, Hebei and Shanxi in the north, Shaanxi in the west and Hubei in the south, with an area of 0.167 million square kilometers, accounting for 1.73% of the total area of China, and ranking 17th. At the end of 2010, as the most populous province, it had a population of 9.045 million, including an urban population of 3.651 million and a rural population of 5.754 million, accounting for 38.8% and 61.2% of the total respectively. Sloping towards the east, it has an annual average temperature of 12.1℃to 15.7℃, an annual average precipitation of 532.5mm to 1380.6mm with June to August witnessing the maximum rainfall, an annual average sunshine of 1848.0 to 2488.7 hours and an annual frost-free period of 189 to 240 days. It has a farmland area of about 79.264 hectares and per capita farmland area of about 0.08 hectare, 40.4 billion cubic meters water resources, accounting for 1.47% in China, ranking 19th, and about 400 cubic meters per-capita water resources, equivalent to one fifth of national average. This province has the 17 cities of Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Pingdingshan, Anyang, Hebi, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, Puyang, Xuchang, Luohe, Sanmenxia, Nanyang, Shangqiu, Xinyang, Zhoukou and Zhumadian under its jurisdiction, and Jiyuan Cityu under its control, administering 20 county-level cities, 88 countries, 50 urban districts, 1,878 townships and towns (929 townships and 949 towns), 493 sub-districts, 4,085 citizen committees and 47,781 village committees. It is an important birthplace of the Chinese Nation and the Chinese Civilization. Yellow Emperor, the first ancestor of the Chinese Nation, was born in today’s Xinzheng, Henan. The origin of the Chinese civilization, invention of characters, formation of cities and founding of the state are closely related to Henan. In the 5000-year history of the Chinese Civilization, Henan served as the national political, economic, and cultural center for more than 3,000 years. Out of China’s eight ancient capitals, four are in Henan, namely Luoyang, capital of 8 dynasties, Kaifeng, capital of 7 dynasties; Anyang, capital of the Yin-Shang Dynasty and Zhengzhou, capital of the Shang Dynasty. It has now 189 key historic relics under the state protection.