Chengkou County, part of Chongqing Municipality, is located in the southern foothills of the Daba Mountains, in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and northeastern Chongqing, bordering Zhenping and Pingli counties in Shaanxi Province to the east, Xuanhan and Wanyuan cities in Sichuan Province to the west, Kaizhou District and Wuxi County in Chongqing Municipality to the south, and Langao County and Ziyang County in Shaanxi to the north, with a total area of 3,289.08 km2.In 2021, Chengkou County had a total household population of 249,900 people. There are 24 ethnic minorities and 431 people (2019). As of October 2021, Chengkou County has 2 streets, 10 towns, 13 townships. 173 administrative villages and 31 communities. The People's Government of Chengkou County is located at No. 1, North Gate, Tucheng Road, Ge Cheng Street.
According to the "chengkou hall record" explains, chengkou name edge mountainous terrain, "according to the three provinces of the gateway to the name of the city, choke the four sides of the throat called the mouth". Republic of China in 2 years (1913), changed the Chengkou Hall for the Chengkou County. 1997, the establishment of Chongqing municipality, Chengkou County with the Wanxian City into Chongqing. 1998, Chengkou County to Chongqing Municipality directly under the management. It is a comprehensive demonstration county of e-commerce into rural areas, a national health county, a county of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization piece area, a national rural revitalization key help county, with national agricultural products geographic indications: Chengkou chestnuts, Chengkou old bacon, Chengkou mountain chicken, Chengkou walnuts, Chengkou honey, Chengkou taro, Chengkou tai bai shellfish.In 2020, the Chongqing Municipal People's Government approved the exit from poverty-stricken counties of Chengkou County.
In 2021, the gross regional product of Chengkou County was 6.063 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6% over the previous year. By industry, the added value of primary industry was 1.270 billion yuan, and the added value of secondary industry was 1.221 billion yuan. The added value of tertiary industry is 3.573 billion yuan, and the structure ratio of the three industries is 20.9:20.1:59.0.
In 2022, the gross regional product of Chengkou County is 6.631 billion yuan.