Dawu County, belonging to Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, is located in the northeastern part of Hubei Province on the border of Ezhou and Henan, in the southwestern section of the Dabie Mountain Range, with a length of 48.8 km from north to south, and a width of 42.2 km from east to west, with a total area of 1,986 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Dawu County has 14 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, and another 2 functional areas. As of the end of 2022, Dawu County had a resident population of 476,500.
Formerly known as Lishan County, Dawu County was founded in the twenty-second year of the Republic of China (1933), and renamed Dawu County in 1952. It is an old revolutionary area and the hinterland of the EYW Revolutionary Base Area, where leaders of the Party and the country, such as Zhou Enlai, Dong Biwu, Li Xiannian, and Xu Xianqian, have left their battle footprints, and is also the hometown of the Republic of China's President Li Yuanhong. in April 2020, the People's Government of Hubei Province approved Dawu County to exit the In April 2020, the Hubei Provincial People's Government approved Dawu County's exit from poverty.
In 2022, Dawu County will realize GDP of 21,372.32 million yuan, of which the primary industry will add 5,237.45 million yuan, the secondary industry will add 4,913.02 million yuan, and the tertiary industry will add 11,221.85 million yuan, and the ratio of the three industries will be 24.5:23.0:52.5.The per capita GDP will be 44,853 yuan.