Xixiang County

Xixiang County
County
Chinese transcription(s)
  Traditional 西鄉縣
  Simplified 西乡县
  Pinyin Xīxiāng Xiàn
Coordinates: 32°56′11″N 107°42′16″E / 32.93639°N 107.70444°E[1]
Country  China
Province Shaanxi
Prefecture Hanzhong
Time zone China standard time (UTC+8)

Xixiang County is a county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.[2] Its administrative center, Xixiang, formerly known as Hsihsiang, lies on the Muma River.[3] The county contains fourteen towns, eleven townships, and covers an area of 3,240 square kilometers.

Transportation

Xixiang is served by the Yangpingguan–Ankang Railway. The Muma River supports small boat traffic.[3]

Economy

In the 19th century and early 20th century the area produced silk which was exported to Gansu.[3]

Notes

  1. geometric center of county
  2. Xixiang Xian (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Teichman, Eric (1921). Travels Of A Consular Officer In North-West China. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. pp. 3435. OCLC 257595152.


Coordinates: 32°58′N 107°45′E / 32.967°N 107.750°E