The County is located on the north in Hunan, the north-central part of Changde's administration, it borders to the north by Li County, the east by Jinshi City, the south by Taoyuan County and Dingcheng District, the west by Shimen County, it has an area of 1203 kilometers with 505,609 of registered population and 400,839 of permanent population (as of 2010 Census).