Leye County, belonging to Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, known as "the world's sinkhole capital", is located in northwestern Guangxi, located in the southeast foothills of Yunnan and Guizhou, neighboring Tian'e and Fengshan counties in the northeast and Hechi City, relying on Lingyun County in the southeast, bordering Tianlin in the southwest and the northwest of Guizhou Province's three counties of Zuheng, Wangmu and Luodian, across the Red Water River; between 106°10′~106°51′E and 24°30′~25°03′N, Leye County has an average elevation of 1,128 meters, and the county town is 970 meters above sea level. 106°10′~106°51′, north latitude 24°30′~25°03′, the average elevation of Leye County is 1,128 meters, and the elevation of the county town is 970 meters, which is the highest elevation of the county town in Guangxi, with a forest coverage rate of 83.03%, an average annual temperature of 16.3℃, and a total area of 2,633.17 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, the resident population of Lechong was 145,800; as of June 2023, 4 towns and 4 townships are under the jurisdiction of Leye County; the county government is located in Tongle Township.
Leye County belongs to Xiang County in Qin Dynasty, Yulin County in Han Dynasty, Jin Xing County in Jin Dynasty, Shuangcheng Prefecture in Tang Dynasty, Sicheng Tushu Prefecture in Yuan Dynasty, because of it in Ming Dynasty, and Sicheng Prefecture and Lingyun Prefecture in Qing Dynasty; in the 24th year of R.O.C. (1935), Leye County was set up; in August 1951, it was merged into Lingyun Prefecture; in August 1961, it was reset as Leye County till now. Leye County is a typical karst area in the south, and is the location of the World Geopark Dashiwei sinkhole group scenic spot, where 28 sinkholes have been discovered, and is known as the "capital of sinkholes" and the "World Sinkhole Museum". There are attractions such as the 10,000-meter ecological canyon of the Buliu River, Leye County is a national rural revitalization key support county, the old revolutionary county, the National Organic Agriculture Base Demonstration County, known as the "Natural Oxygen Bar", "China's Hometown of Longevity", it is a pleasant place to live and enjoy scientific research and exploration, summer vacation and recreation. Resorts. It is one of the most convenient channels for Chongqing and Guizhou to ASEAN countries through Longbang Port (a national first-class port.) On March 31, 2016, Leye County was awarded the title of "Hometown of Longevity in the World", and on November 20, 2020, the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region approved to withdraw from the sequence of poverty-stricken counties.
In 2022, the GDP of Leye County will be RMB 3.93576 billion, an increase of 6.8% over the previous year.