Xinye () is one of the counties of Nanyang that lies in the southwest of

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province, China. To the south lies the

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province, to the east is

Tanghe County Tanghe County is administered by the prefecture-level city of Nanyang, in the southwest of Henan province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hubei province to the south. Its ancient name was Tangzhou (). The county consists of 3 subdistrict ...

and to the west is the

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of Dengzhou. Xinye county has a population of . Its total area is . The

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runs through

Waizi Waizi town () is the northernmost town of Xinye County that lies in the southwest of Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyu ...

town, which is the northmost town of Xinye. Both Nanyang Jiangying Airport and

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are about away from Xinye. Changbanzhizhan

History

Near the end of the Han Dynasty, the warlord

Liu Bei Liu Bei (, ; ; 161 – 10 June 223), courtesy name Xuande (), was a warlord in the late Eastern Han dynasty who founded the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period and became its first ruler. Although he was a distant relative of the ...

used Xinye as a base, as a vassal under

Liu Biao Liu Biao () () (151 – September 208), courtesy name Jingsheng, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is best known for serving as the Governor of Jing Province (coveri ...

. Liu Biao himself had been residing in Xiangyang (today's Xiangfan). Liu Bei lost Xinye to Cao Cao in 208 and retreated to the southeast in prelude to the

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Administrative divisions

As 2012, this county is divided to 2 subdistricts, 8 towns and 5 townships. ;Subdistricts *

Hanhua Subdistrict Hanhua Subdistrict () is a subdistrict in Xinye County, Nanyang, Henan province, China. , it has 7 residential communities under its administration. See also * List of township-level divisions of Henan This is a list of township-level divi ...

() * Hancheng Subdistrict () ;Towns ;Townships

Climate

References

County-level divisions of Henan Nanyang, Henan {{Henan-geo-stub