Ying County, under the Shuozhou City of Shanxi Province. It is located in the northern part of Shanxi Province and the southern end of Datong Basin, overlooking Hengshan Mountain in the east, Yanmen in the south, Datong Coal Sea in the north and Shuozhou Electric Capital in the west. Ground span east longitude 112°58 '-- 113°37', north latitude 39°17 '-- 39°45' between, the county plan is a parallelogram. East adjacent Hunyuan County, west to Pingshuo adjacent Shanyin County, north adjacent Huairen City, south of Fanshi County, County. The county covers an area of 1708 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 3 towns, 9 townships and 298 administrative villages. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Ying county was 243,970.

County government in gold town.

Ying County, a north temperate continental monsoon climate, four distinct seasons, the average annual temperature of about 7℃, annual rainfall 360 mm. The first frost is in late September, with a frost-free period of 100 to 140 days. In the north of the county is the world famous wooden tower. Yingxian wooden pagoda is also called Buddha Palace Temple Shakya Pagoda. Along with the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, it is one of the world's three great chitas. In October 2017, it was named the National Garden County by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
In 2020, the GDP of Yingxian County reached 7.68 billion yuan, an increase of 2.5%.