Ningwu County, also known as Phoenix City, belongs to Xinzhou City in Shanxi Province, which is located in the central and northern part of Shanxi Province. The geographical coordinates are between 111°50 'and 112°40' east longitude and 38°31 'and 39°08' north latitude. The total area is 1987.7 square kilometers. Ningwu County belongs to the temperate continental climate. As of October 2021, Ningwu County has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 7 townships and 2 township units. County people's government in Phoenix Town. As of 2020, the seventh census, Ningwu County permanent population 136,470 people.

Han Dynasty, the building vexed county. Since 2001, Xinzhou City is under the jurisdiction of the people's government. Ningwu County has convenient transportation. Beitongpu electrified Railway, Ningkele Railway, Shuohuang Railway and Tranquility Railway together constitute the railway transportation network of Ningwu County. Ningwu County is the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization piece of the county, 2019 national health county. The main attractions are Guanqin Mountain National Forest Park, ten thousand Years Ice Cave, Tianchi.
In the first three quarters of 2021, the GDP of Ningwu County reached 7.67 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 24%.