Xinning | |
Other Name: | Sinning |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Hunan |
Pushpin Label: | Xinning |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hunan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Hunan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Shaoyang |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 26.433°N 110.857°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Xinning | |
P: | Xīnníng |
Xinning County 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 2756.13km2, 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 (Chinese: 金石镇).[2]
As of 2022, Yanling County has 8 towns 6 townships and 2 ethnic townships.
The Xinning County Gazetteer (1995:653) lists the following ethnic groups and their respective locations.