Henan ( ), is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is 豫 (pinyin: yù), named after Yuzhou Province (豫州 Yù Zhōu), a Han Dynasty province (zhou) that included parts of Henan. The name Henan means "south of the (Yellow) River" (Huang He).

With nearly 100 million people, Henan is the most populous province of China by residency. It borders Hebei to the north, Shandong to the northeast, Anhui to the southeast, Hubei to the south, Shaanxi to the west, and Shanxi to the northwest.

Henan is often called Zhongyuan (中原 zhōngyuán) or Zhongzhou (中州 zhōngzhōu), literally "central plains" or "midland"; this name is also broadly applied to the entire North China Plain. Henan is traditionally regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization.

Henån is a small town on the island Orust in Bohuslän on the west coast of Sweden and the seat of Orust Municipality, Västra Götaland County.

Henån is home to approximately 2,000 permanent all year residents with a significant increase of city living summer residents who come and stay in their summer cottages, frequently passed down for generations.

In 1850, Henån became of the first swimming resorts in Sweden where people from Gothenburg, Alingsås, and other inland cities and towns came to stay with locals to enjoy the warm summer waters in the ocean. Later hotels and hostels were built and saw the town of Henån grow.

There is a magnificent legacy of boat building on Henån which still lives on amongst the residents. while most of the smaller traditional boat building shops have since long closed down, the legacy has evolved into some of the most spectactular and beautiful yacht manufacturers in the world. With brands like Najad, Hallberg-Rassy, Malö and Regina af Vindö the craftsmanship lives on.

To ensure the skills are passed on to new generation, Henån is home to the one of the most reputable boat building schools in Scandinavia. Orust Båtbyggarskola is a college progam with focus on boat building. To the right you can see some of the students rowing one of the main school projects.