Fangxian County, known as Fangling in ancient times, belongs to Shiyan City, Hubei Province, located in the northwest of Hubei Province and the south of Shiyan City, belonging to the north subtropical monsoon climate, between 110°02 '-- 111°15' east longitude and 31°34 '-- 32°31' north latitude, with a total area of 5110 square kilometers. By October 2021, Fangxian County has jurisdiction over 12 towns and 8 townships, and the people's government of the county is stationed in the south of Fangling West Avenue, Chengguan Town. By the end of 2021, the total registered population of Fangxian is 466,000, and the permanent resident population is 369,000.

Fangxian County is named after "four mountains and mountains, its solid Gao Mausoleum, such as houses". Fangling County, the first county in the Qin Dynasty, belongs to Hanzhong County. On September 29, 1994, The State Council approved the consolidation of Yunyang District administrative Office and Shiyan City, Hubei Province, implementing the system of cities with counties, and Fangxian County is under the jurisdiction of Shiyan City. On February 2, 2019, Fangxian County was named the national Advanced unit of grassroots TCM work at the county level by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In April 2020, with the approval of Hubei Provincial People's Government, Fangxian County was officially removed from the list of poverty-stricken counties. In November 2020, Fangxian County was selected into the list of the first batch of counties (cities and districts) of the Ministry of Water Resources to deepen the reform of small reservoir management system.

In 2021, the GDP of Fangxian County reached 14.128 billion yuan, an increase of 14.5%. Specifically, the added value of the primary industry was 3.898 billion yuan, up by 10.2%; The added value of the secondary industry was 3.75 billion yuan, up by 24.8%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 6.48 billion yuan, up by 12.2%; The tertiary industrial structure is 27.6:26.6:45.8.