Gaoping is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, administered by Jincheng City, located in the southeast of Shanxi Province, at the north end of Zezhou Basin and the southwest edge of Taihang Mountain. Its geographical coordinates are 112°40' -- 113°10' east longitude and 35°40' -- 36°0' north latitude. It borders Lingchuan County on the east, Qinshui County on the west, Zezhou County on the south, and Shangdang District and Changzi County on the north. Is the north gate of Jincheng City, because it is surrounded by mountains, relatively flat in the middle of the name.

Gaoping is a continental warm temperate monsoon climate, four distinct seasons, rain and heat in the same season. The city has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 9 towns and 3 townships, with a total area of 946 square kilometers. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Gaoping was 453,054. In 2020, the city's gross regional product of 2523229 million yuan, calculated at comparable prices, an increase of 6.4%.

Gaoping is the hometown of Emperor Yan, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, the site of the historic Changping Battle, the old revolutionary base area of Taihang Taiyue, the "Hometown of coal and iron", the "Hometown of Huangli", the "Hometown of pigs" and the "Hometown of Shangdang Bangzi Opera". Gaoping is also China's most influential overseas star city, China's top 100 counties and cities in the comprehensive strength of small and medium-sized cities, China's top 100 counties and cities in Central China, China's Model City of Harmonious Small and Medium-sized Cities, Shanxi Garden City, Shanxi Sanitary City, Shanxi Civilized and Harmonious City, and Shanxi Model City of Environmental Protection , Shanxi Province double support Model City, Shanxi Province culture strong county city, Shanxi Province 22 strong county pilot county (city). In November 2020, it 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.