Heshui County is subordinate to Qingyang City, Gansu Province, located in the east of Gansu Province, between 107 ° 51 '- 108 ° 42' E and 35 ° 36 '- 36 ° 37' N, adjacent to Fuxian County, Shaanxi Province in the east, Xifeng District and Qingcheng County in the west, Ningxian County in the south, Huachi County and Zhidan County, Shaanxi Province in the north. Heshui County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 4 townships, 5 community neighborhood committees, 80 villagers' committees and 498 villagers' groups, with a total area of 2933 square kilometers. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Heshui County is 135908.

Heshui County is the famous hometown of the Yellow River Elephant and the hometown of ancient stone carving. It is known as "natural reservoir" and "north to the south of the Yangtze River".

In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization areas and counties. In November 2019, Heshui County was named as the "Four Good Rural Roads" national demonstration county. On February 28, 2020, the People's Government of Gansu Province agreed to withdraw Heshui County from the poverty-stricken county.

In 2020, the gross domestic product of Heshui County will reach 5.771 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8%; The added value of industries above designated size reached 43 million yuan, down 7.7%; The investment in fixed assets was 1.92 billion yuan, up 11.3%; The total retail sales of consumer goods reached 933 million yuan, down 1.7%; The revenue of large and small financial caliber was 300 million yuan and 192 million yuan, up 11.8% and 18.78% respectively; The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents was 32337 yuan and 10290 yuan, up 4.12% and 8% respectively.