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Xinning County, Hunan

Xinning County
新宁县
County
Xinning is located in Hunan
Xinning
Xinning
Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 26°34′59″N 110°54′04″E / 26.583°N 110.901°E / 26.583; 110.901Coordinates: 26°34′59″N 110°54′04″E / 26.583°N 110.901°E / 26.583; 110.901
Country People's Republic of China
Province Hunan
Prefecture-level city Shaoyang
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Xinning
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaning Newly Pacified

Xinning County (Chinese: 新宁县; pinyin: xīn-níng 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. The county has 8 towns and 8 townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Ningxiu Community (金石镇凝秀社区).

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



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