The County is located on the north in Hunan Province, it borders to the north by Songzi City and Gong'an County of Hubei Province, the east by Anxiang County, the south by Jinshi City and Linli County, the west by Shimen County, it has an area of 2075 kilometers with 919,500 of registered population (as of 2015), It is divided into 15 towns and four subdistricts under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Liyang Subdistrict ( ).