Ninglang Yi Autonomous County (Ninglang County), under the jurisdiction of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, is located between 100 ° 22 ′ 29 ″ - 101 ° 15 ′ 51 ″ E and 26 ° 34 ′ 54 ″ - 27 ° 55 ′ 34 ″ N, at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan in the northeast of Lijiang City in the middle of Hengduan Mountains in northwest Yunnan, with a total area of 6025 square kilometers. As of September 2021, the total population of Ninglang Yi Autonomous County is 280000. As of October 2021, Ninglang Yi Autonomous County has jurisdiction over 2 streets, 3 towns and 11 townships. The county people's government is located in Daxing Street.

In the Han Dynasty, it was Suijiu County and Gufu County, belonging to Yuexi County. In 2003, it was under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level Lijiang City. In 2021, the construction of Ningyong Expressway and Guning Expressway will begin one after another, and will soon enter the "era of high-speed", achieving the goal of rural oil roads, village hardening, and group access, with a highway mileage of 5528 kilometers. Ninglang Yi Autonomous County was included in the proposed naming list of the ninth batch of demonstration units in the National National Unity and Progress Demonstration Zone. In March 2022, Ninglang Yi Autonomous County was included in the list of "advanced counties for leapfrog development in county territory" in Yunnan Province. The tourist attractions of Ninglang Yi Autonomous County include Lugu Lake, Yongning Hot Spring, Qinglonghai, Zhamei Temple, etc.

In 2021, Ninglang Yi Autonomous County is expected to complete a GDP of 7.41 billion yuan, an increase of 7.5%.