Wangcang County, belonging to Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the northern edge of the Sichuan Basin, the southern foot of the Micang Mountains, between the longitude of 105°58′24″~106°46′2″ East and latitude of 31°58′45″~32°42′24″ North, with subtropical humid monsoon climate, pronounced vertical climate, small difference in temperature yearly and daily, and distinct seasons, with a total area of 2,987 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, the resident population of Wangcang County was 320,200 people. As of June 2023, Wangcang County has 21 towns and 2 townships under its jurisdiction, with the county people's government stationed at 333 Xinhua Street in Donghe Township.
As early as in the Neolithic era, there were ancestors in the territory of Wangcang County, labor and production, living and reproducing. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the territory of Wangcang belonged to Ba in the east and Shu in the west. Spring and Autumn, for Shu Tho Hou land. Tang changed Qinghua County for Yinshan County. Song changed Yinshan County for Pingshu County, later merged into Jiachuan County. The beginning of the Ming reset Jiachuan County, later merged into Guangyuan County. The twenty-first year of the Republic of China (1933), Guangyuan County was renamed Wangcang County. 1950, Wangcang County under the Jiange Prefecture, 1985, changed to Guangyuan City, and has been inherited to date. 2020, February 18, Wangcang County out of poverty-stricken counties.
Wangcang County is rich in tourism resources, with natural landscapes such as Gucheng Mountain-Seven Mile Gorge National AAAA Level Tourist Scenic Spot, Micang Mountain Grand Canyon Scenic Spot, and Yancheng River-Longtanzi Original Ecological Scenic Area. The humanistic landscapes include ancient humanistic landscapes led by the Three Kingdoms Ruins. The humanistic landscape of the Red Army, led by the Red Army Ruins, mainly consists of provincial-level key protected revolutionary cultural relics, such as the site of the Mumen Military Conference, the Red Army City of China, and the Red Army Rock Carvings. Adventure tourism resources are dominated by cave adventure attractions, mainly 13 places such as White Dragon Cave, Dongjia Cave and Yulong Cave. Folk culture tourism resources are represented by the cultural tourism resources of northern Sichuan folk houses, folk customs and folk songs.
In 2022, Wangcang County realizes a gross domestic product (GDP) of 15.965 billion yuan, an increase of 1.1% from 2021 at comparable prices.