| Guangshan County | |
| Postal Code: | 465450 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Pushpin Map: | China Henan |
| Pushpin Label: | Guangshan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Henan |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Henan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Xinyang |
| Area Code: | 0376 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1829 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Total: | 608900 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 32°N 168°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Website: | http://www.guangshan.gov.cn/ |
Guangshan County (; postal: Kwangshan) is a county in the southeast of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of Xinyang city. The regional dialect is the Xinyang city dialect of Southwestern Mandarin.
The 13th five-year plan of Xinyang city puts forward the concept of "integration of decoration and light", accelerates the integrated development of Huangchuan and Guangshan counties, constructs the sub central city of the city area, and supports the withdrawal of counties into cities.[3]
As 2012, this county is divided to 2 subdistricts, 7 towns and 10 townships.[4]
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The famous historical figures born at Guangshan included Sima Guang (司马光, 1019–1086), Cai Yizhong (蔡毅中, 1567－1631), and Huxu (胡煦, 1655－1736).
During the Chinese Civil War, Guangshan county was at the heart of the Eyuwan Soviet (including the soviet capital). The Eyuwan Soviet included more than one million people in the border region between Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces and was the second-largest soviet in China.