LOCATED in the east of central China’s Henan Province,Lankao County has 13 towns,three residential communities,and 450 administrative villages under its jurisdiction.It has a total area of 1,116 square km and a total population of 850,000,among which 772,900 are from rural areas.The county was identified as a key county in the national development-oriented poverty alleviation campaign in 2002,and included in the contiguous destitute region of the Dabie Mountains in 2011.