Which city does Xixian belong to?

Xixian County belongs to Xinyang City, Henan Province.

Xixian County, also known as the first county in the world, belongs to Xinyang City, Henan Province, located in the southeast of Henan Province, south of the hinterland of the Central Plains, with Huaibin County in the east and Guangshan Mountain in the south. Xixian county has a total area of 1.892 square kilometers, and governs 3 streets, 6 towns, 1 township, 1 central business district construction and development office and 1 pugongshan administrative district (June 2020). The resident population of Xixian County is 666,200 (2020 1 1 month).

"Gong Yu" contains: "Jing and He are only in Yuzhou", and Xixian County belongs to Yuzhou; In 579, Xizhou was changed; During the Northern Song Dynasty, Xinxi County and Baoxin County still belonged to Cai Zhou; In the early Qing Dynasty, Xixian County was under the jurisdiction of Southern Confucianism and Guangdao. 1June, 1998, with the approval of the State Council, on July 29th, the provincial people's government officially notified the cancellation of Xinyang area and the establishment of prefecture-level Xinyang city.

History of Xixian county

Xixian county has a history of more than 3000 years. In 1046 BC, the state of Hou was sealed, and in 682 BC, the county was established for the first time on the land of China. It is difficult to "rest" the name without changing the county governance. It is known as the living fossil of the "county system" and is known as the "first county in China". There are old cities, old cities, old cities and other places in the territory, which are the hometown of Lai and Bai.

Historical celebrities include Mrs Xi, who has been silent for three years, Ma Yuan, a general of Fu Bo who was buried by Marco Polo, and Li Ruo, a clean and honest minister of the Ming Dynasty. In 2009, a canoe of the Shang Dynasty with a history of 3,500 years was discovered in China, and it is now kept in Xinyang Museum.