Shanyang County is subordinate to Shangluo City of Shanxi Province. Located in the southeast side of the Qinling Mountains, Shangluo City in the south. It is adjacent to Danfeng County and Shangnan County in the east and Zhen 'an County and Zhashui County in the west. North Liuling bordering Shangzhou District; Yunling bordering Yunxi County in the south, with a total area of 3535 square kilometers. In 2021, Shanyang County has a registered population of 463,600, including Hui, Manchu, Mongolian, Zhuang, Miao and other ethnic minorities. As of October 2021, Shanyang County has jurisdiction over 2 subdistricts and 16 towns, and the county government is located at 116 North Street. In 2020, the Shanxi Provincial People's Government approved Shanyang County to be removed from the list of poverty-stricken counties.

Three generations are Feng country. Summer, belongs to Liangzhou. Shang, the Shang ancestral Qi of the seal state. In Jin, Fengyang County was divided into the south of Shang County and the north of Pingyang County (now Shanyang, the whole of Zhen 'an and most of Zhashui, and a little of Ningshan). Tang, analysis of Fengyang west another Anye County (Zhen 'an County). In 2001, Shangluo area was abolished and prefecture-level Shangluo City was established, with Shanyang County as its subordinate.

In 2021, the GDP of Shanyang County was 17.175 billion yuan, an increase of 9.6% over the previous year. The added value of the primary industry was 2.208 billion yuan, and that of the secondary industry was 8.351 billion yuan; The value added of the tertiary industry was 6.616 billion yuan, up by 6.8%.