The County is located on the north in Hunan Province and the southeast in Changde City, it borders to the north and the west by Dingcheng District, the south by Ziyang District of Yiyang City and Taojiang County, the east by Yuanjiang and Nan County, it has an area of 2091 kilometers with 821,266 of registered population (as of 2015), It is divided into four subdistricts, 16 towns and three townships under its jurisdiction.