Central China, area name. The traditional geographical region of China, or "Central Region". In physical geography, it refers to the Yangtze River basin area south of Huaihe River in Qinling Mountains, north of Nanling Mountains and east of Wushan Mountain and Xuefeng Mountain. Administratively, it includes Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Henan Province and parts of Jiangxi Province and Anhui Province. The land area of the whole region is more than 560,000 square kilometers, accounting for 5.9% of the total land area of the country. Developed agriculture, good light and heavy industrial foundation and convenient land and water transportation. It is a relatively developed area in China. Hubei Province is located in the middle of China, north of Dongting Lake in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, so it is called Hubei. Hubei Province borders Henan Province in the north, Anhui Province in the east, Hunan Province in the southeast, Chongqing City in the west and Shaanxi Province in the northwest. It is about 740 kilometers long from east to west and 470 kilometers wide from north to south, with an area of185,900 square kilometers, accounting for 1.94% of the national total area, ranking 16 in the country. As of June, 2000 165438+ 10, Hunan Province is located in south-central China, in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and geographically belongs to Central China, with Changsha as the capital. It is named "Xiang" because it is located in the south of Dongting Lake, and it is also called "Xiang" for short because Xiangjiang River runs through the whole territory. Hunan has a long history, and there were human activities in Paleolithic Age. Ancient times was the living area of Miao, Yue and Chu people. The Western Zhou Dynasty is the south of Chu State. In the second year of Tang Guangde (764), he set up an observer in Hunan for the first time, and the name of Hunan began to appear in the chinese administrative division. Hunan's economy is mainly concentrated in the northeast of Hunan, and Changsha, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Yueyang, Hengyang and Changde are developed industrial and commercial cities. Henan, referred to as "Yu" for short, is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in eastern Central China, with a length of about 580 kilometers from east to west and 550 kilometers from north to south. The land area of the whole province is 1.67 million square kilometers. Henan is the most important birthplace of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation. Henan is not only a traditional agricultural and populous province, but also a new economic and industrial province. Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes, Huangdi's hometown, Shanghe Garden in Qingming Festival, Yin Ruins and Yuntai Mountain, Baiyun Mountain, Funiu Mountain, Shiren Mountain and Jigong Mountain are famous tourist attractions in Henan. Jiangxi Province, referred to as Jiangxi for short, is located on the south bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the southeast of China, bordering Zhejiang and Fujian in the east, Guangdong in the south, Hunan in the west, Hubei and Anhui in the north and the Yangtze River in general. Up to Wuhan, down to Nanjing and Shanghai, south to Meiguan, south to Guangzhou, and Nanchang, the provincial capital. The whole province is surrounded by mountains in the east, south and west, and faces the river in the north. The whole terrain inclines from outside to inside and from south to north. The total land area is 1 66,900 square kilometers, and there are 6 districts and cities under its jurisdiction1Nanchang, Jiujiang, Jingdezhen, Shangrao, yingtan, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Ji 'an, Pingxiang, Yichun and Xinyu. Anhui Province, located in the hinterland of East China, is an inland province near Jingjiang River in the east of China, spanning the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, connecting Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the east, Hubei and Henan in the west, Jiangxi in the south and Shandong in the north. The province is about 450 kilometers wide from east to west and 570 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of139,600 square kilometers, accounting for 1.45% of the national total area, ranking third in East China and 22nd in the country.