Yuanmou County is subordinate to Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. Yuanmou County, located in the north of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is adjacent to Wuding County in the east, Lufeng County and Mouding County in the south, Dayao County and Yongren County in the west, and the Jinsha River in the north and the capital of Sichuan Province, with a total area of 2025.58 square kilometers. In 2021, the total registered residence population of Yuanmou County will be 217700, and the permanent population will be 199400; As of October 2022, Yuanmou County has 3 towns and 7 townships under its jurisdiction, and the county people's government is located at No. 65, Longchuan Street, Yuanma Town.

Yuanmou County, located in the sun of Yuanma River, is Yuanyang on the same day. Yuan, renamed Yuanmou County. In 1950, Yuanmou was liberated. In 1958, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture was established, which is subordinate to Yuanmou County.

In 2021, the gross regional product of Yuanmou County will reach 11.553 billion yuan, an increase of 14% over the previous year, calculated at comparable prices (the same below). Among them, the added value of the primary industry is 2.983 billion yuan, and the added value of the secondary industry is 3.957 billion yuan; The added value of the tertiary industry was 4.612 billion yuan, up 10.9%.