Ganquan County, located in the middle of Yan 'an City of Shanxi Province, belongs to the hilly and gully region of Loess Plateau in northern Shanxi Province, and has a subhumid inland monsoon climate. The total area of 2300.7 square kilometers, the county's total cultivated land area of 609,000 mu, forest and grass coverage rate of 78.4%, including 50.5% forest coverage rate. According to the seventh census, the permanent population of Ganquan County was 76,929 as of midnight on November 1, 2020.

Oasis Spring is named after the spring water at the foot of the Sacred Forest 5 kilometers southwest of the city, and is known as the "town of beautiful Water". There is history in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin placed Diayin County, Northern Wei placed Linzhen County at the beginning, Tang Wude first year of Fulu County, Tianbao first year of Ganquan County. Places of interest include the Qin Zhidao Site, the "beautiful water Spring" named by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the architecture of the Bai Lu Temple in the Tang Dynasty, the thousand-year ginkgo tree, the ancient tomb cluster in the Song Dynasty, etc.

In 2020, the GDP of Ganquan County reached 2.884 billion yuan, an increase of 0.3%; Local revenue reached 120 million yuan, an increase of 39.5%; The investment in fixed assets was 2.434 billion yuan, up 0.5%; Total retail sales of consumer goods reached 590 million yuan; Per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents increased by 4.1% and 8.2%, respectively.

In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of counties under the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics. On July 29, 2020, it was selected into the national Health township (county) naming list for the 2017-2019 cycle.