Zhongyang County, belonging to Lvliang City, Shanxi Province, is located in the west-central part of Shanxi Province, at the western foot of the middle part of the Lvliang Mountain Range, with geographic coordinates between latitude 37°03'~37°29'N and longitude 110°50'~111°29'E, and covers an area of 1,441.4 square kilometers.At the end of 2021, Zhongyang County's permanent population was 1,369,925 people. The climate of Zhongyang County is a continental monsoon climate in the warm temperate subarid zone. As of October 2021, Zhongyang County has 5 towns and 1 township under its jurisdiction. The county government is located in Ningxiang Township.
In 1959, Zhongyang County was restored to the status of Zhongyang County. Zhongyang is included in Lvliang city "one city, four districts" city planning, filial piety willow railroad, national highway 209, provincial highway 340 running through the north and south. 2020, June 30, Zhongyang County was selected as "the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization of the list of district areas. 2020, July, Zhongyang County was selected as the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization of district list. 2020, July, Zhongyang County was selected as the first county of Shanxi. In July, Zhongyang County was selected as the list of Provincial Peaceful Counties (Cities and Districts) in Shanxi Province in 2018 and 2019. The main attractions include Xianming Cave, Longquan Lake and Chemingyu.
In 2022, the gross regional product of Zhongyang County reached 20.82 billion yuan, and the general public budget revenue completed 2.721 billion yuan.