Kang County belongs to Longnan City, Gansu Province, is located in the southeastern part of Gansu Province, southeastern Longnan City, Gansu, Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces junction zone. Kang County ancient name Kangzhou, Northern Zhou set Kangzhou, later abolished and incorporated into the Wushu (order of the state), set Kang County in 1929. Kang County under the jurisdiction of 18 towns, 3 townships, the county has a total area of 2967.95 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, the total population of Kang County is 195,300 people.
Kang County in the south side of the West Qinling Longnan mountains, the altitude of the territory between 560-2483 meters, is a subtropical to warm temperate transition zone, abundant rainfall, humid climate, abundant light, forest coverage of 66.7%, known as the "Long Jiangnan", "Long Xishuangbanna ". Kang County natural resources are water resources, biological resources, mineral resources, etc. In 2015, the gross domestic product realized 1.922 billion yuan.
Kang County is "the hometown of Chinese organic tea", "the hometown of Chinese walnut", "the hometown of Chinese black fungus", "the hometown of Chinese edible fungus "The famous specialties include Longshen tea, walnuts and edible fungus represented by black fungus in Kang County. In addition, Kang County is also "China's famous green county", "China's best ecological livable tourist destination", "China's most beautiful green eco-tourism county", within the territory of the Yangba subtropical ecotourism Scenic Area, Huaqiao Village, Baiyun Mountain Forest Park and other scenic spots.
In February 2020, the leading group of poverty alleviation in Gansu Province validated that Kang County meets the conditions for the exit of poverty-stricken counties and approved the exit.
On June 4, 2021, Kang County was included in the 2021 list of pilot counties for water system connectivity and water-beautiful countryside construction.
In 2022, Kang County realized a GDP of 288,402,000 Yuan, an increase of 7.5% over 2021.