Xinning County (Chinese: 新宁县; pinyin: Xīnníng Xiàn) is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located on the south western margin of Hunan, the county is bordered to the northeast by Shaoyang County, to the northwest by Wugang City, to the west by Chengbu Autonomous County, to the south by Ziyuan County of Guangxi, to the east by Dong'an County. Xinning County covers 2,756.13 km² (1,064.15 sq mi), as of 2015, it had a registered population of 649,700 and a permanent resident population of 574,100.[1] The county has eight towns and eight townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Jinshi (金石镇).[2]

Xinning 新宁县 Sinning
County
Xinning Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 26°25′59″N 110°51′25″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Shaoyang
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Administrative divisions

As of 2022, Yanling County has 8 towns 6 townships and 2 ethnic townships.

8 towns

• Gaoqiao (高桥镇)
• Huanglong (黄龙镇)
• Huilongsi (回龙寺镇)
• Jinshi (金石镇)
• Langshan (崀山镇)
• Matouqiao (马头桥镇)
• Shuimiao (水庙镇)
• Yidushui (一渡水镇)

6 townships

• Anshan (安山乡)
• Fengtian (丰田乡)
• Jingwei (靖位乡)
• Qingjiangqiao (清江桥乡)
• Wantang (万塘乡)
• Xuntian (巡田乡)

2 ethnic townships

• Huangjin (Yao) (黄金瑶族乡)
• Malin (Yao) (麻林瑶族乡)

Ethnic groups

The Xinning County Gazetteer (1995:653) lists the following ethnic groups and their respective locations.

• Yao
  • Malin Township 麻林乡
  • Huangjin Township 黄金乡
  • Shuiyuan Village 水源村, Jingwei Township 靖位乡
• Miao
  • Huangjin Township 黄金乡

See also

• Other Xinnings, particularly the more famous former Xinning County in Guangdong, now Taishan

References

Bibliography

• www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)

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