Ningyuan County is subordinate to Yongzhou City of Hunan Province. It is located in the south of Hunan Province, at the north foot of Mengzhu Mountain, with Jiuqi Mountain in the south, Yangming Mountain in the north, Xintian County, Jiahe County and Lanshan County in the east, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County in the south, Dao County and Shuangpai County in the west, and Jindong Forest Farm of Qiyang County in the north. It is between 110°42 '-- 112°27' east longitude and 25°11 '-- 26°08' north latitude. It is 104.7 kilometers long from north to south and 52.2 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total land area of 2510 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 4 subdistricts, 12 towns and 4 townships.

By the end of 2021, Ningyuan County has a permanent resident population of 659,500. In 2021, the regional GDP of Ningyuan County reached 25.207.75 billion yuan, among which, the added value of the primary industry was 3.67441 billion yuan, the secondary industry was 8.3465 billion yuan and the tertiary industry was 13.189.69 billion yuan. The structure of the tertiary industry was 14.6:33.1:52.3.