Butuo County, belonging to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located at the southwest edge of Sichuan Province, in the Jinsha River basin in the southeast of Liangshan Prefecture, between 102 ° 43 ′ E and 103 ° 04 ′ E and 27 ° 16 ′ N, with a total area of 1685 square kilometers. Butuo County is a subtropical climate zone in northern Yunnan, and its climate is greatly affected by the monsoon. By 2021, Butuo County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 4 townships, and the county government is located in Temuli Town. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Butuo County was 185553.

Butuo, also known as Jila Bute, is a transliteration of "Bute" in Yi language. "Bute" refers to hedgehog and "Te" refers to pine tree. It means "where there are hedgehogs and pine trees". It is a county inhabited by Yi Adau. Butuo County was established in 1952. It was removed from the county and moved to Puge County in 1960. The county was restored in 1962. Butuo County is the birthplace of the Yi Torch Festival, known as "the hometown of the torch culture of the Yi people in China", "the hometown of the torch festival of the Yi people in China" and "the holy land of the torch festival".

In 2020, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Butuo County will exceed 3.5 billion yuan, reaching 3.535 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2% over the previous year at comparable prices.