Daocheng County is located at the southwest edge of Sichuan Province, in the south of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 27 ° 58 ` - 29 ° 30 ` N, 99 ° 58 ` - 100 ° 36 ` E, 174 kilometers long from north to south.With an east-west width of 63 kilometers and an area of 7323 square kilometers, the county has jurisdiction over 13 townships and one town, with a total population of more than 30000, including 25000 agricultural population. The residents are mainly Tibetans. Jinzhu Town, where the county seat is located, is 3740 meters above sea level.It borders Muli County of Liangshan Prefecture in the southeast, Xiangcheng County in the west, and Zhongdian County of Yunnan Province in the north, Litang County in the north, 432 kilometers away from Kangding, 800 kilometers away from Chengdu, 330 kilometers away from Zhongdian County of Yunnan Province (surrounded by Xiangcheng County), and more than 100 kilometers away from Siuterian, Dongyi District of the county to Zhongdian County.The ancient name of Daocheng is "Daoba", which is a Tibetan transliteration. "Rice" is the edge, which means the end of a ditch. It is the place where the valley contains a stream."Daoba