Xuan'en County () is a county of southwestern

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...

province, People's Republic of China, bordering

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi ...

province to the south. It is under the administration of the

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture () is located in the mountainous southwestern corner of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It forms Hubei's southwestern "panhandle", bordering on Hunan in the south and Chongqing Municipality ...

. A remarkable topographic feature found in Xuan'en County is a 290-meter deep karst sinkhole, located near the village of Luoquanyan (). According to news reports, the sinkhole, which occupies around 100 '' mu'' (6 hectares), has its own unique ecosystem.

Administrative Divisions

Five towns: * Zhushan (), Jiaoyuan (), Shadaogou (), Lijiahe (, before 2013 was Lijiahe Township ) Gaoluo (, former Gaoluo Township ) Four townships: * Wanzhai Township (), Changtanhe Dong Ethnic Township (), Xiaoguan Dong Ethnic Township (), Chunmuying Township ()

Climate

References

Counties of Hubei Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture {{Hubei-geo-stub