Xinxiang

For other uses, see Xinxiang County.

Not to be confused with Xinjiang.

Xinxiang 新乡市 Sinsiang
Prefecture-level city
From top, left to right: Xinxiang People's Park and Heping Avenue Site of Heshuo Library Downtown Hongqi District Weihe Park, Weibin District City God Temple of Huojia
Xinxiang's location in Henan province
Xinxiang Location on the North China Plain Xinxiang Xinxiang (China)
Coordinates (Xinxiang municipal government): 35°18′13″N 113°55′36″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Henan
Municipal seat	Hongqi District
Government
• Party Chief	Li Weidong(李卫东)
• Mayor	Wei Jianping(魏建平)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	8,629 km2 (3,332 sq mi)
• Urban	431 km2 (166 sq mi)
• Metro	3,390 km2 (1,310 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census for total, 2018 otherwise)
• Prefecture-level city	6,251,929
• Density	724.5/km2 (1,877/sq mi)
• Urban	1,179,400
• Urban density	2,740/km2 (7,090/sq mi)
• Metro	2,743,200
• Metro density	809/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 216.7 billion US$ 32.6 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 37,805 US$ 5,692
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	0373
ISO 3166 code	CN-HA-07
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	12
License plate prefixes	豫G
Website	www.xinxiang.gov.cn

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Xinxiang (simplified Chinese: 新乡; traditional Chinese: 新鄉; pinyin: Xīnxiāng [ɕín.ɕjáŋ]; postal: Sinsiang) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, China.

It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to its southwest, Kaifeng to its southeast, Hebi and Anyang to its north, Jiaozuo to its west, and the provinces of Shanxi and Shandong to its northwest and east respectively.

Its total population was 6,251,929 as of the 2020 Chinese Census. As of the 2018 estimation, 2,743,200 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 4 urban districts (Weibin, Hongqi, Muye, Fenquan), Yanjin county, Xinxiang county and Huixian City which are now being conurbated as the city is expanding very quickly.

Xinxiang is an industrial city in northern Henan, an important city on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and a city in the Central Plains urban agglomeration, and was once one of the eight major towns in northern China. In ancient times, there were major events that influenced the course of Chinese history, such as the Battle of Mingtiao, the Battle of Muye, and the Chenqiao Mutiny. Modern Xinxiang is China's excellent tourist city, , birth center of the Fumagalli family, national health city, national garden city, national forest city, and one of the top 100 cities in China in terms of comprehensive urban competitiveness.