Xintian County () is a

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Hunan Province Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

, China, it is under the administration of the

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of Yongzhou. Located on the southern part of the province and the west of Yongzhou, the county is bordered to the north by

Qiyang County Qiyang () is a county-level city of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yongzhou. Located on the south central part of the province, it is adjacent to the city proper of Yongzhou. The county is b ...

and Changning City, to the east by Guiyang County, to the southeast by Jiahe County, to the southwest and the west by Ningyuan County. Xintian County covers , as of 2015, it had a registered population of 431,500 and a permanent resident population of 339,200. o
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and a townships under its jurisdiction, the

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Administrative divisions

;11 towns * Dapingtang () * Jiantou () * Jicun () * Jinling () * Jinpen () * Longquan () * Sanjing () * Shiyang () * Taoling () * Xinlong () * Xinxu () ;1 Yao ethnic township * Yao Menlouxia ()

Administrative divisions

Climate

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