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Xinxiang is a prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city

A prefecture-level city or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province of China and above a county of China in China's administrative structure....
 in northern Henan
Henan

Henan , is a Province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-Chinese character abbreviation is ? , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty province that included parts of Henan....
 province, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou

Zhengzhou , formerly called Zhengxian is a prefecture-level city, and the capital of Henan Province , People's Republic of China....
 to its southwest, Kaifeng
Kaifeng

Kaifeng , formerly known as Bianliang , Bianjing , Daliang , or simply Liang , is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province of China, People's Republic of China....
 to its southeast, Hebi
Hebi

Hebi is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province of China, People's Republic of China. Situated in mountainous terrain, Hebi is surrounded by the cities of Anyang and Xinxiang on its north and south respectively....
 and Anyang
Anyang

Anyang is a prefecture-level city in Henan province of China, People's Republic of China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively....
 to its north, Jiaozuo
Jiaozuo

Jiaozuo is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province of China, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the south, Xinxiang to the east, Jiyuan to the west, Luoyang to the southwest, and the province of Shanxi to the north....
 to its west, and the provinces of Shanxi
Shanxi

is a political divisions of China in the North China of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is Jin , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....
 and Shandong
Shandong

For the people of Shandong, see Shandong people is a coastal political divisions of China of eastern People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is 'Lu', after the state of Lu that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....
 to its northwest and east respectively.

prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city

A prefecture-level city or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province of China and above a county of China in China's administrative structure....
 administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities
County-level city

A county-level city is a Political divisions of China#County level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by Political divisions of China#Prefecture level divisions, but a few are governed directly by Political divisions of China#Province level divisions....
 and 6 counties.



iang was a battlefield during Muye War, which was the earliest big war in Chinese history.






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Xinxiang is a prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city

A prefecture-level city or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province of China and above a county of China in China's administrative structure....
 in northern Henan
Henan

Henan , is a Province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-Chinese character abbreviation is ? , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty province that included parts of Henan....
 province, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou

Zhengzhou , formerly called Zhengxian is a prefecture-level city, and the capital of Henan Province , People's Republic of China....
 to its southwest, Kaifeng
Kaifeng

Kaifeng , formerly known as Bianliang , Bianjing , Daliang , or simply Liang , is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province of China, People's Republic of China....
 to its southeast, Hebi
Hebi

Hebi is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province of China, People's Republic of China. Situated in mountainous terrain, Hebi is surrounded by the cities of Anyang and Xinxiang on its north and south respectively....
 and Anyang
Anyang

Anyang is a prefecture-level city in Henan province of China, People's Republic of China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively....
 to its north, Jiaozuo
Jiaozuo

Jiaozuo is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province of China, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the south, Xinxiang to the east, Jiyuan to the west, Luoyang to the southwest, and the province of Shanxi to the north....
 to its west, and the provinces of Shanxi
Shanxi

is a political divisions of China in the North China of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is Jin , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....
 and Shandong
Shandong

For the people of Shandong, see Shandong people is a coastal political divisions of China of eastern People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is 'Lu', after the state of Lu that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....
 to its northwest and east respectively.

Administration

The prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city

A prefecture-level city or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province of China and above a county of China in China's administrative structure....
 administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities
County-level city

A county-level city is a Political divisions of China#County level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by Political divisions of China#Prefecture level divisions, but a few are governed directly by Political divisions of China#Province level divisions....
 and 6 counties.

  • Weibin District
  • Hongqi District
  • Muye District (???}
  • Fengquan District (???}
  • Huixian
    Huixian

    Huixian is a city in Xinxiang, Henan, China. The city has over 100,000 inhabitants....
     City (???}
  • Weihui
    Weihui

    Weihui is a county-level city in Henan, People's Republic of China. It belongs to Xinxiang. The city has an area of 882 km? and a population of 480,000....
     City
  • Xinxiang County
    Xinxiang County

    Xinxiang County is a County in Xinxiang, Henan Province, China . It's situated in the center of the northern Henan Plateau. The Taihang Mountains are to the north, and the Yellow River is to the south....
  • Huojia County
    Huojia County

    Huojia County is a County in Xinxiang, Henan province, China. ...
  • Yuanyang County
    Yuanyang County, Henan

    Yuanyang County is a county in Xinxiang, Henan province, China....
  • Yanjin County
    Yanjin County, Henan

    Yanjin County is a County in Xinxiang, Henan province, China. ...
  • Fengqiu County
    Fengqiu County

    Fengqiu County is a County in Xinxiang, Henan province, China. In ancient times, Pingqiu County was located to the east of here....
  • Changyuan County


History

Xinxiang was a battlefield during Muye War, which was the earliest big war in Chinese history. Xinxiang dates from the Sui dynasty
Sui Dynasty

The Sui Dynasty followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. It ended nearly four centuries of division between rival regimes....
 (581-618) and was a small market center before being developed as an industrial center in the 1950s. It also served as the capital of the short-lived Pingyuan province
Pingyuan (province)

Pingyuan was a Province of the People's Republic of China between 1949 and 1952. Its capital was Xinxiang City, now in Xinxiang, Henan....
 between 1949 and 1952.

Agriculture and industry

Textiles and processed food are major manufactures.It has a large number of heavy industry in machine making.As an old textiles basement the cotton industry is very developed in Xinxiang.

Transport

The city is a rail junction and industrial center at the head of navigation on the Wei River
Wei River

The Wei River is a river in west-central China and is the largest tributary of the Yellow River. The source of the Wei River is close to Weiyuan County in Gansu province, at less than 200 kilometres from the Yellow River at Lanzhou....
. The river, made navigable for small vessels by river improvements in the 1950s, links the city with Tianjin
Tianjin

is the third largest city of the People's Republic of China in terms of urban population. Administratively it is one of the four municipality that have Political divisions of China status, reporting directly to the central government....
, the main port for Beijing
Beijing

is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
. Later, due to heavy industrial chemical pollution, the river course had been totally cut off and got filled up. After recent dredges, it is still no more than a man-made lake.

Major Enterprises

There are several important enterprises located in Xinxiang, such as Frestech Refrigerator, Golden Dragon Copper Group, Bailu Chemical Fibre, Henan Kelong Group etc.

Universities and Colleges

  • Henan Normal University
    Henan Normal University

    Henan Normal University is in Xinxiang, Henan, China. It is one of the key universities directly under the provincial government, developed from the School of Science of Henan University and Pingyuan Teachers college ....
  • Xinxiang University: newly combined university located in the eastern part of Xinxiang, it has 21 faculties and 3 centers
  • Henan Institute of Science and Technology
  • Xinxiang Medical University
    Xinxiang Medical University

    Xinxiang Medical University is located at Xinxiang city in the northern part of Henan province of China.Xinxiang Medical University has a vast beautiful campus with about 7000 undergraduates....
  • Henan Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College
  • Xinxiang Hygiene School


See also

History of the political divisions of China
History of the political divisions of China

This article talks about the history of the administrative divisions of China....


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