Hongtong County is the most populous county in Shanxi, which belongs to Linfen City, Shanxi Province. Located in the south of Shanxi Province, at the northern end of Linfen Basin, it borders Huoshan and Guxian in the east, Lvliang, Huozhou and Fenxi in the west and Yaodu District in the south.
Hongtong County is one of the cradles of the ancient Chinese civilization, and is called "the hometown of China people". There are 252 cultural attractions and natural landscapes in the area; The annual average temperature is 12.3℃, and the annual average precipitation is 493.3 mm.
Hongtong County governs 463 administrative villages in 9 towns and 7 townships, with a total land area of 1.563 square kilometers, 890,000 mu of cultivated land and a total registered population of 740,000 (20 12). Hongtong County is a national health county, an advanced county in scientific and technological progress, an advanced county in mass sports and a key tourist county in Shanxi Province.