Xiangzhou County is subordinate to Laibin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is located in central Guangxi, at the west foot of Dayaoshan Mountain, adjacent to Xingbin District in the west, Wuxuan County in the south, Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County in the east, Luzhai County and Liujiang District in the north, between 109°25 '-110°06' east longitude and 23°44 '-24°18' north latitude.
The administrative area of Xiangzhou County is 1,898 square kilometers. By the end of 2014, it has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 3 townships. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Xiangzhou County was 281,846.

Xiangzhou County is located in the mountainous region, the northwest of the high slope, the southwest of the limestone peaks, the central is hilly, hilly and plain interlace zone; It is a transitional monsoon area from the South subtropical zone to the Middle subtropical zone. The monsoon characteristics are significant, and the precipitation is relatively concentrated. There are rainy season and dry season.
Xiangzhou County is the hometown of Zheng Xianfu, the "Lingnan talented man" and the "Grand Master of two Guangdong Provinces" in the Qing Dynasty, Liao Bingxiong, the modern and contemporary world comic writer, and Wei Chunshu, the former chairman of the Guangxi District Government. It has been successively awarded the honorary titles of National Advanced County of Grain Production, National Advanced Unit of establishing activities of the County (city, district) under the rule of Law, National Advanced Area of "Two Basic" work, and "Hometown of Longevity in China". On February 2, 2019, it was named as the advanced unit of grassroots TCM work at the county level by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

In 2020, the GDP of Xiangzhou County reached 8.328 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6 percent over the previous year at comparable prices. The value added of the primary industry was 2.931 billion yuan, up by 5.8%; The added value of the secondary industry was 1.408 billion yuan, up by 11.1%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 3.989 billion yuan, up 1.5 percent year-on-year. Among other major indicators, the value-added of industrial enterprises above designated size decreased by 0.6%, fixed asset investment increased by 31.1%, and total retail sales of consumer goods decreased by 4.1%.