Xupu County is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Huaihua Prefecturel-level City. Located on the west central Hunan, the county is bordered to the north by Yuanling County, to the northeast by Anhua County, to the east by Xinhua and Longhui Counties, to the south by Dongkou County, to the west by Hongjiang City, Zhongfang and Chenxi Counties. Xupu County covers 3,440.10 km2, as of 2015, It had a registered population of 932,400 and a resident population of 752,400. Xupu County has 18 towns under its jurisdiction, the government seat is the town of Lufeng (卢峰镇). The Xu River flows through the built-up area where it is joined by the Sandu River. Some kilometers downstream it joins the Yuan River.

Yao people

According to the Xupu County Gazetteer (1993:641), the following three subgroups of Yao live in over 41 villages and number about 2,600 people.

Climate