Xinxian County is located in the southeast of Xinyang City, Henan Province, in the hinterland of Dabie Mountain and at the junction of Hubei and Henan provinces. It is 6 1.6km long from east to west and 40.7km wide from north to south, with a total area of 16 12km2. It governs 15 townships, 1 administrative districts, 1 street (under construction) and 205 administrative villages. The resident population in 20 10 is 275,000.

Xinxian County is a mountainous county dominated by forests. Xinxian county is rich in products, such as fruits, tea and Chinese herbal medicines. Among them, the quality and output of chestnut, ginkgo, tea and wild kiwifruit all rank first in Henan Province, and are praised as "the hometown of chestnut" and "the hometown of ginkgo" by the State Forestry Administration.

Xinxian County is a famous old revolutionary base area and general county in China, and it is the hometown of 93 generals such as Xu, Li Desheng and Zheng Weishan and leading cadres at or above the provincial and ministerial level. There are more than 200 revolutionary historical sites and memorial sites here, such as the former residence of General Xu.