Baixiang County

Baixiang County (simplified Chinese: 柏乡县; traditional Chinese: 柏鄉縣; pinyin: Bǎixiāng Xiàn) is a county in the southwest of Hebei province, China.

It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xingtai, with a population of 193,777 (2014) residing in an area of 268 km2 (103 sq mi).

It lies generally to the east of G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway and China National Highway 107.

The Baixiang County is known as being the former capital of the state of Xiang (襄國) of the Southern Huns state Later Zhao, described in the Fang Xuanling Book of Jin Chapter 104, was located in the territory of the county.

[1] It was a place of the 351 CE Battle of Xiangguo between Ran Min's army and Shi Zhi of Later Zhao.