Zhengxiong County is located in the northeastern part of Yunnan province. It has an area of, a latitude ranging from 27° 17' to 27° 50' N and a longitude ranging from 104° 18' to 105° 19' E. The county has a maximum north-south extent of and a maximum east-west width of. It borders Xuyong County to the east across the Chishui River, Hezhang County to the south, Yiliang County to the west, and Weixin County to the north. The village of Delong in Potou Township is located near the triple intersection point of the three provinces, and is so nicknamed the "fowl cry of the three provinces". By road, the prefectural seat of Zhaotong is to the west, Kunming is to the southwest, Guiyang is to the southeast, Chongqing is to the northeast, and Chengdu to the north-northwest. Zhenxiong is located amongst the northern slopes of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, with elevations increasing from northeast to southwest, although the central and southern areas are more level. Elevations range from at Mount Jiayao, in the village of Maiche, An'er Township, down to in the village of Tongping, Luokan Town. Most of the county has a ; the annual mean is, sunshine totals 1,341 hours annually, the frost-free period is 218.6 days, and annual precipitation averages.
Most people in Zhenxiong County speak Standard Chinese. The other significant minority group living in Zhenxiong County is the Miao people, who live at higher elevations in the county.
Economy
Zhenxiong possesses rich mineral resources, including coal, pyrite, marble, and cryolite. Among them, coal and pyrite have a very wide distribution with richer reserves. The prospective reserves and industrial reserves of coal are 7.4 million tons and 4.517 million tons, respectively. The former accounts for 28.01% of provincial output, and the latter is about 17.1%.
Transport
Highways
The main road passing through Zhenxiong County is China Provincial Road , which is a shengdao or shoudou, or provincial road. Other important provincial roads include and . China County Road and are important xiandao, or county-level roads that also pass through Zhenxiong County. From Zhenxiong County, it is roughly 320 km to Guiyang, 500 km to Chongqing, 535 km to Chengdu, 570 km to Kunming, 900 km to Nanning, 1200 km to Xi'an, 1220 km to Guangzhou, 1330 km to Shenzhen, 1570 km to Lanzhou, 1790 km to Xiamen, and 2250 km to Beijing.
Zhaotong Airport, with flights to Beijing-Nanyuan, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guiyang, and Kunming, is approximately 260 km by ground transport from Zhenxiong County.
