The difference between Xiangcheng county and Xiangxiang county

Xiangcheng county is Xiangcheng county, officially named Xiangcheng county. On informal occasions, people often call Xiangcheng County.

Xiangcheng County, located in the central part of Henan Province, governs 10 town, 6 townships and 448 administrative villages (communities), with a total area of 920 square kilometers, 965,000 mu of cultivated land and 820,000 mu of basic farmland, with a total population of 900,000 and the urbanization rate of permanent residents of 45. 1 1%. In addition to the Han nationality, there are Hui, Manchu, Mongolian, Yao, Zhuang and other 18 ethnic minorities.

Xiangcheng county has been known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces since ancient times. It is 20 kilometers away from Pingdingshan, the southern coal city, 40 kilometers away from Xuchang, the ancient capital, 70 kilometers away from Zhengzhou International Airport and 45 kilometers away from Luohe, the eastern inland special zone.

Xiangcheng county has a long history. As early as the Neolithic Age, our ancestors hunted and cultivated here. Xiangcheng was called "Pan" and "Zheng Di" in the Spring and Autumn Period of Zhou Dynasty. In the sixteenth year of King Xiang Zhou (636 BC), he fled Zheng and settled in Pan. In 540 BC, Xiangcheng belonged to Chu, and King Chu Ling built a new city in the northwest corner of Panxi. Because King Xiang of Zhou once lived here, it was named "Xiangcheng".

19471February 12, Xiangcheng county was liberated, and the following year was 65438+1October, which belonged to the border region of Henan, Shaanxi and Hubei, and was placed under the fifth administrative region of western Henan.

1July, 949, belonging to Xuchang administrative region of Henan province.

1986 February 18, a county under the jurisdiction of Pingdingshan city. 1August 1997 was placed under the jurisdiction of Xuchang city.