Lixin () is a county located in north-eastern

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province, China, under the jurisdiction of

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City. It is a county famous for its education system and beef production. An agricultural county, the people of Lixin have depended on

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(mainly

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) for hundreds of years.

History

Lixin county is a fairly young geopolitical entity among those that have been many thousands of years in China. The creation of the county did not occur until the People's Republic of China was established in 1949. In the late 1960s, Lixin was created by the combination of parts from three neighbouring counties: Guoyang, Mengcheng and

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. A county part of

city, Lixin was recently joined by six other counties to form the prefecture-level city,

Administrative divisions

Lixin County has 19

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and 4

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History

Administrative divisions

Climate

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