Ningwu County, also known as Phoenix City, is part of Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, located in the north-central part of Shanxi Province. It was named after the Guangning and Shenwu counties, which were placed there during the Northern Wei Dynasty. Geographic coordinates between 111°50'-120°40'east longitude and 38°31′-39°8′ north latitude. The total area is 1987.7 square kilometers. Ningwu County is located in the warm-temperature zone, and belongs to the alpine severe cold zone and cold dry zone. As of October 2021, Ningwu County has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 7 townships, and 2 other township-level units. The county people's government is located in Fenghuang Town. As of 2020, the seventh census, Ningwu County had a resident population of 136,470.
Qin belongs to Taiyuan County, Han set Lou trouble County, Song set up Ninghua City, Ming built Ningwuguan, Qing set up Ningwufu, anti-Japanese war period is the center of Jinsui base area of the hinterland, is the northwestern Jin old revolutionary area, the territory of a large number of cultural relics and monuments. 2001, belongs to the People's Government of Xinzhou City jurisdiction. Ningwu County has convenient transportation, the North Tongpu Electrified Railway, Ning Bali Railway, Shuo Huang Railway and Tranquility Railway together constitute the railroad transportation network of Ningwu County. Ningwu County is the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization piece of the county, and the national health county in 2019. The main attractions include Guanxian Mountain National Forest Park, Wannian Ice Cave and Tianchi.
In the first three quarters of 2021, Ningwu County's gross regional product finished at 7.67 billion yuan, up 24% year-on-year.