Dingbian County is located in northwestern Shaanxi Province, Yulin City, the westernmost, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Mongolia, four provinces (districts), seven counties (flags) junction, the ancient "east of Yulan, west of Ganliang, south of the neighboring ring of Qing, the north pillow desert, the soil wide side of the long, the three Qin stronghold," said. It is the northwest gateway of Shaanxi Province and the west gate of Yulin City. Since ancient times, merchants gathered, known as the "dry dock". County jurisdiction 1 street office 14 towns and 4 townships. The county has a total land area of 6,920 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of November 1, 2020 zero time, Dingbian County resident population of 339,077 people.
In 2020, Dingbian County realizes a gross regional product of 26.315 billion yuan; completes a total investment in fixed assets of 13.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1% year-on-year.
Dingbian is a bright "Pearl on the Seas" in Shaanxi. Dingbian is "China's top 100 counties of new energy industry", "the first batch of national green energy demonstration counties", "the national green environmental protection and energy saving demonstration counties", "China's potato specialty hometown", "the first batch of national green energy demonstration counties", "the first batch of national green energy demonstration counties". Hometown of Potato Specialties in China", "Hometown of Potato Cuisine in China", "Hometown of Folk Paper Cutting Art in China", "Modern Agricultural Demonstration Base in Shaanxi Province " etc. In December 2017, it was selected as one of the first batch of national fitness demonstration counties in Shaanxi Province.
On September 29, 2018, the county has withdrawn from the sequence of poverty-stricken counties.On January 25, 2019, it was selected as the 2018 National "Safe Agricultural Machinery" Demonstration County.In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization of the piece of the district list of counties.2019 China's western top 100 counties and cities.
In 2023, Dingbian County realized a gross domestic product (GDP) of 42.011 billion yuan, an increase of 4.0% over the previous year at constant prices.