The County is located on the north in Hunan Province and the southeast in Changde City, it borders to the north by Gong'an County, the west by Li County, Jinshi City and Dingcheng District, the south by Nan County, the east by Shishou City, it has an area of 1087 kilometers with 602,299 of registered population and 525,619 of permanent resident population (as of 2010 Census).