The town sits at the western Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County.

It is surrounded by Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County on the northwest, Simao District on the west, Jinghong on the south, and Laos on the southeast.

[1] The highest point in the town is the Lion Rock (狮子岩) which stands 2,207 metres (7,241 ft) above sea level.

[1] Tea, sugarcane, coffee, cassava, fruit, lac, banana, pineapple, and bamboo are cash crops of the town.

[2] The region abounds with copper, lead, tungsten, zinc, salt, coal, gypsum, limestone, terrazzo, and sand.