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, with a total area of167,000 square kilometers. Henan is known as "the hinterland of Kyushu and the thoroughfare of ten provinces".