Ningyuan County

Ningyuan County is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City.

Located on the southern part of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Qiyang County, to the northeast by Xintian County, to the east by Jiahe County, to the southeast by Lanshan County, to the southwest by Jianghua and Dao Counties, to the northwest by Shuangpai County. Ningyuan County covers 1,806 km2, as of 2015, It had a registered population of 871,200 and a permanent resident population of 726,700. The county has 12 towns, four ethnic townships of Yao people and four subdistricts under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Shunling (舜陵街道).