Xinxiang is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan Province, People's Republic of China. The prefecture-level city administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 6 counties. Its population is 5,707,801 at the 2010 census whom 779,775 in the built up area made of 3 urban districts. This area was known as the territory of ancient Yong Kingdom before the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC-476BC). It had been over 1,400 years since the Sui (581-618) Court first established Xinxiang County in 586. During the early years after the founding of the PRC, Xinxiang was the capital city of Pingyuan Province.