Xinning County is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located on the south western margin of Hunan, the county is bordered to the northeast by Shaoyang County, to the northwest by Wugang City, to the west by Chengbu Autonomous County, to the south by Ziyuan County of Guangxi, to the east by Dong'an County. Xinning County covers 2,756.13 km2, as of 2015, it had a registered population of 649,700 and a permanent resident population of 574,100. The county has eight towns and eight townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Jinshi (金石镇).

Administrative divisions

As of 2022, Yanling County has 8 towns 6 townships and 2 ethnic townships.

Ethnic groups

The Xinning County Gazetteer (1995:653) lists the following ethnic groups and their respective locations.

Climate