Lingchuan County is affiliated to Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, located in the northeast of Guangxi, surrounded by Guilin City in the east, south and west, Xing 'an County in the northeast, Guanyang County and Gongcheng County in the southeast, Longsheng County in the northwest, Lingui District in the west, and Yangshuo County in the south. According to the seventh census, the permanent population of Lingchuan County was 422,776 as of midnight on November 1, 2020.

Lingchuan County has an administrative area of 2,302 square kilometers. By the end of 2015, it has jurisdiction over 7 towns and 5 townships. In 2020, the GDP of Lingchuan County reached 17.34 billion yuan, an increase of 3.7%.
Lingchuan County is located in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, four distinct seasons, abundant rainfall, abundant light and heat, rain and heat in the same season; The landform is complex, like mountains or undulating hills in the east and north, and small flat plain in the middle.

Lingchuan County has enjoyed the reputation of "the key to the communication between Chu and Vietnam" and "leading the wind of Central Plains" since ancient times. The ancient villages and towns in Lingchuan County are quite distinctive, such as Jiangtouzhou Ancient Village with well-preserved buildings of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Dawei Ancient Town, which is one of the "four ancient towns in Guangxi" after Ming Dynasty. In November 2019, it was selected into the second batch of water-saving social construction standard counties (districts). On December 31, 2019, it was selected as a national typical county for rural innovation and entrepreneurship.