Covering an area of more than 2,700 square kilometers, Pingtung is shaped rather like a long handle, with Kaoping Creek and the Central Mountain Range forming the two outer edges of one end. Pingtung borders on Kaohsiung to the west, and Taitung to the east. The famous Hengchun Peninsula is situated at the other end of the "handle," surrounded by the Taiwan Strait, the Bashi Channel and the Pacific Ocean.
從地理位置來看，狀似長柄的屏東，柄頭兩側分別以高屏溪和中央山脈為界，西和高雄接壤、東與台東為臨；柄尾則是著名的恆春半島，被台灣海峽、巴士海峽與太平洋環圍著。