Datun Town is located in the combination of Dongming County, Mudan District, Cao County and Lankao County of Henan Province, neighboring with Mudan District in the east and bordering with Cao County in the south. With a total area of 76 square kilometers, it has 25 administrative villages, 41 natural villages, 42,000 people, and 86,000 acres of arable land.
The town has 36 grass-roots party branches, 1324 party members, including 25 rural party branches, 1098 farmers party members. The town's location is superior, the transportation within the territory of two vertical and four horizontal, the transportation is very convenient. The town has a mild climate, rich in resources, mainly producing wheat, cotton, corn, soybeans, peanuts, watermelon and other agricultural products, is "China's watermelon township" one of the main producing areas, the establishment of a unique trademark base and production and marketing network, "Datun watermelon" brand is unique.
On January 9, 2019, Datun Township was selected as one of the "Hometowns of Chinese Folk Culture and Art" in 2018-2020 by virtue of its dance.