Xinshao County () is a

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in the

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Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

, China. It is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in central Hunan, the county is bordered to the north by

Lianyuan City Lianyuan () is a county-level city and the 7th most populous county-level division in Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of Loudi prefecture-level City. Located on the geographical centre of Hunan, the city is bordered to the ...

, Lengshuijiang City and

Xinhua County Xinhua County () is a county and the 4th most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Loudi City. Located along the middle reaches of the Zi River, it covers 3,635 square kilometers and ...

, to the west by

Longhui County Longhui County () is a county and the 6th most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in the mid-eastern Hunan, the county is bordered to the north by Xinhua and ...

, and to the south by

Shaoyang County Shaoyang County () is a county under the administration of Shaoyang City in Hunan province, China. Located in the southwest of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Dongkou County, to the west by Huitong and Jingzhou Counties, to ...

and the city proper of Shaoyang. Xinshao County covers an area of , and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 828,100 and a permanent resident population of 769,700. o
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/ref> The county has 13

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and two

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under its jurisdiction, and the

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is Niangxi ().
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/ref>more about the subdivisions of Xinshao County, also see the History of Xinshao County

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Administrative divisions

;13 towns * Chenjiafang () * Cunshi () * Daxin () * Jukoupu () * Longxipu () * Niangxi () * Pingshang () * Quetang () * Taizhimiao () * Tanxi () * Xiaotang () * Xintianpu () * Yantang () ;2 townships * Tanfu () * Yingguang ()

Climate

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County-level divisions of Hunan Shaoyang {{Hunan-geo-stub