The town is located in the middle east of the county, it was reformed to merge Mayingtang Township (麻缨塘乡), Zhupingpu Township (竹坪铺乡), Aitouping Township (艾头坪乡) and the former Zhijiang Town on November 25, 2015, it has an area of 268 sqkm with a population of 156,200 (as of 2015 end).