Xincai County (Chinese: 新蔡县; pinyin: Xīncài Xiàn; postal: Sintsai) is a county in the southeast of Henan province, China, bordering Anhui province to the northeast and east.

It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Zhumadian.

Xincai was one of the early locations of the Cai state during the Spring and Autumn period.

Xincai county administers three subdistricts, ten towns, one ethnic town and nine townships.

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