Xiangcheng County, under the jurisdiction of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located in the west of Sichuan Province, the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the southwest border of Ganzi Prefecture of Sichuan Province, and the north-central section of the Hengduan Mountains. It spans 99 ° 22 ′ - 100 ° 04 ′ E, 28 ° 34 ′ - 29 ° 39 ′ N, bordering Daocheng County in the east, Litang County in the north, Batang County and Derong County in the west, and Shangri-La City in Yunnan Province in the south. The county is 68.6 kilometers wide from east to west and 120.7 kilometers long from north to south. It is 488 kilometers away from Kangding, the provincial capital, 860 kilometers away from Chengdu, and 930 kilometers away from Kunming, Yunnan. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Xiangcheng County was 31407.

The county covers an area of 5016 square kilometers and governs 3 towns, 7 townships, 57 administrative villages and 3 communities.

On April 28, 2019, the People's Government of Sichuan Province decided to withdraw Xiangcheng County from the poverty line. In 2020, Xiangcheng County will achieve a GDP of 1.528 billion yuan, an increase of 3.5% year on year.