Baixiang County () 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 . 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 () 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.Taskin V.S., "Materials on history of nomadic tribes in China 3rd-5th cc", Issue 2 "Jie", "Science", Moscow, 1990, p. 43 on, It was a place of the 351 CE Battle of Xiangguo between Ran Min's army and Shi Zhi of Later Zhao. After the battle, the Later Zhao general Liu Xian () killed Shi Zhi in Xiangguo, the Xiangguo city was burned, and its population moved to Yecheng.
Administrative divisions The county administers 3 towns and 3 townships.
Towns Baixiang () Guchengdian () Xiwang ()
Townships Wangjiazhuang Township () Neibu Township () Longhua Township ()
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