Dancheng County, belongs to Zhoukou City, Henan Province. It is located in the eastern part of Henan Province, between 33°25'~33°49′ north latitude and 115°00'~115°38' east longitude. The total area is 1490 square kilometers. Dancheng County has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate. As of October 2021, Dancheng County has 3 streets, 8 towns and 11 townships under its jurisdiction. The county people's government is located in Xincheng Street. As of 2021, Dancheng County has a total population of 1,372,300 people.
Dancheng County, according to the legend, Laozi made "Dan" here in the Spring and Autumn Period, so it was called "Dancheng", and later harmoniously called Dancheng. In 2000, the Zhoukou District was abolished and the prefecture-level Zhoukou City was established, with Dancheng County belonging to Zhoukou City. Dancheng County has been known as "two provinces and three counties through the streets", the territory of high-grade highways in all directions, G344 crosses the east and west, G220 crosses the north and south, S211, S214, S324 intersection in this. There are mainly Duanzhai ruins, Places Settlement ruins, Kapitsuka ruins and so on. Dancheng County is the second batch of water-saving society construction standard county, the national health county, and the 2018 national rural one, two, three industries integrated development pilot area.
In 2020, Dancheng County's gross local product will complete 33.956 billion yuan, an increase of 2.5%.