How many counties are there in Xinyang, Henan?

Xinyang City, Henan Province governs 8 counties and 2 districts.

Xinyang City governs Shihe District, Pingqiao District, Huangchuan County, Huaibin County, Xixian County, Xinxian County, Shangcheng County, luoshan county County, Gushi County and Guangshan County. ? In addition, the agencies of seven municipal committees and governments, such as Yangshan New District, Shangtianti Nonmetallic Mine Management Zone, Nanwan Lake Scenic Area, Jigongshan Management Zone, Huangchuan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Xinyang High-tech Industrial Development Zone (formerly Xinyang Industrial City) and Urban-Rural Integration Demonstration Zone, exercise municipal-level entrustment and county-level management functions.

Xinyang is located at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces. It is a strategic place between Jianghuai and Henan, and also a transitional zone of geography, climate and culture between the north and the south of China. The city's total area is 18900 square kilometers, population is 8.805 million, postal code is 464000, administrative division code is 4 1 1500, and area code is 0376. Xinyang is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. Xinyang was the fief of Shenbo in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Yiyang Township was established in the Qin Dynasty, and it was renamed Xinyang in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The blending of Xinyang regional culture and Chu culture. After the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Chu culture and Central Plains culture met and blended here, forming a unique "Yu Yun". Xinyang is the root of surname. Among the 100 surnames in Han Dynasty, Huang, Lai, Luo and Jiang 13 surnames originated in Xinyang, which is known as the hometown of overseas Chinese in the Central Plains. Xinyang is a window of humanity, with Peiligang culture, Longshan culture and Qujialing cultural sites, historical sites such as Confucius' global travel destination, and touching stories such as mending jars when sheep died and Sima Guang smashing jars. Xinyang folk songs, shadow play, flower drum play, drum book, painted clay sculpture, paper-cut and feather ornaments are unique in Dabie Mountain folk customs.

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Xinyang Municipal People's Government Network-Xinyang Administrative Division