Qiu County, under the jurisdiction of Handan City, Hebei Province, is located in the south of Hebei Province, the northeast of Handan City, and the border area of Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces. It is between 36 ° 38 ′ 08 ″~36 ° 57 ′ 49 ″ north latitude and 115 ° 03 ′ 02 ″~115 ° 19 ′ 10 ″ east longitude. It is 24 kilometers wide, 36.3 kilometers long, 120 kilometers long around, with a total area of 455 square kilometers, and an altitude of 32.8~40.8 meters. The whole area is a plain, sloping from southeast to northwest. Qiu County belongs to the northern warm temperate sub humid continental monsoon climate zone, with four distinct seasons. As of 2018, Qiu County has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 2 townships, and the county government is located in Xinmatou Town. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Qiu County is 210998.

In the 26th year of the Yuan to Yuan Dynasty (1289), Liqiu County was located on Dongchang Road. On August 4, 1993, it belonged to Handan City. On October 10, 1996, the name of "Qiu County" was standardized as "Qiu County". There are Daguang Expressway, National Highway 106 and Provincial Highway 311 crossing the county; In the history of Qiu County, there have been historical allusions, such as breaking the boat and sinking the boat, tigers guarding the apricot forest, and giant bridges sending millet. Qiu County is an old revolutionary base area. The Xiangchenggu Campaign under the command of General Chen Geng has been recorded in military history as a model of plain ambush.

In October 2020, it was selected into the first batch of new smart city construction pilots in Hebei Province. In 2020, the GDP of Qiu County will reach 9817.12 million yuan.