丰都，扼长江水道要冲，处三峡库区腹地，居重庆版图中心，在东经170°28′3″至103°12′37″、北纬29°33′18″至30°16′25″之间。东连石柱，西靠涪陵，南接武隆、彭水，北邻垫江、忠县。清嘉庆《四川通志》称丰都“壮涪关之左位，控临江之上游，扼石柱之咽喉，亘垫江之屏障”，足见其位置之重要。
全县地形呈西北—东南走向分布，南北长87公里，东西宽54公里。境内山高而奇秀，江之南有七曜山和方斗山，江之北有蒋家山和黄草山，皆绵延数十里，形成了“四山夹三槽”的奇特地貌景观。长江横穿县境47公里，水上距重庆主城区172公里，陆上距重庆主城区150公里。全县幅员面积2901平方公里，总人口81万，现辖31个乡镇、27个社区、327个行政村。县城建成区面积9平方公里，城区总人口12万，是全国首批对外开放县、省级历史文化名城、全国优秀旅游城市、全国生态示范区建设试点县。境内资源富集。全县矿产资源蕴藏丰富，已探明具有开发价值的矿产资源20多种，其中天然气可采储量60亿立方米，水泥用灰岩资源量10亿吨，硫铁矿568.6万吨，铝土矿134万吨，另有蕴藏丰富的大理石、重晶石、黄铁矿、石英砂岩等急待开发。水能蕴藏量较大，丰都坐拥长江、龙河、渠溪河三大水系，水资源总量达31亿立方米（不含长江），极具开发潜力。森林资源密集，林地面积达207万亩，森林覆盖率为38.04%，境内有双桂山国家级森林公园、世平市级森林公园；植物种类有1500多种，动物种类有近300种。农产品资源丰富，包鸾竹席、丰都红心柚、楠竹锦橙、粟子贡米、高镇藠头、仙家豆腐乳、鬼城麻辣鸡块等丰都名特产品远销海内外。
A Brief In troduction to the County of Fengdu
Situated in the heart land of the Three Go rges ReservoirAr eaand the Ecenter of Chong qing，Fengdu County enjoy san advant ageous locationN（Gb etween107°28′3″and108°12′37″east long itude，29°33′18″and30°）D16′25″north latitude byt′3″an d108°12′37″east long itude，29°33′18″and30°16′25″north latitude）by the hubofim portant water ways of the Yang tze，which has USh izhuCo untyon theeast，Fu ling Di stricton thewest，Wu long count yand Pe ngshuiCo untyon the southand Di an jiang Co untyand Zh ongxianCo untyonthe north.
St retching from northwest tosou theast，Fe ngduex tends 87km from northto south，54km fromwest toeast.To wering and grotes quemoun tains，suchas the Qi yaoMo untainand the Fa ngdouMo untain on the southern bank oft heYa ngtzeRi ver，and Ji angjiaMo untainand Huang cao Mo untain on the northern，extend kilome tersalla long，contri buting tothed is tinctto pography inFe ngdu.Wi ththeYa ngtzeRi ver running4 7kma cross the county，Fe ngduis172km distant from the princi palur ban area ofChong qing by water way，and150km on and.Co vering anarea of 172km，2 withtotal popula tion of 810，000，Fe ngduCo untyin cludes 3 1t own ships，27 com munities，and 327 villages.Fe ngdu has abuilt-uparea of 9kmin which 120，000 resident sare populated，and it is an mportant 2
his toric site，afre quente dtouri smdest ination，aNa tionalPi lotCo untyforEc ological De monstration Co nstruction，aswell as one ofthe first counties that were open toout side.Fe ngduboatsri chnatural resources.Th ereareover 20 type sof verifiedmi neralre serves，6 billionm 3 of exploitabl enatura lgasre serve，1billiont on so fgrey rock used forcement，5.686 milliontons oftroili tereserve，1.34millionton so fbauxite
reserve，and resource fulre serve so fmarble，barite，pyrite，quart zsand stone to beexploited；thecount yalsoen joys3.1billionm3 of water resources（exc luding the water from the YangtzeRi ver；forest coversan）areaofso me 1，38 0km，with a for est cover age of38.04%，and two for est 2park（Sh uanggui shan Fo res tPar kand ShipingFo restPa rk）lie within the county；over 1，500 types o fplants and up 30 0 kind so fanimal sare found in this county.Fe ngduisal soabun dantinag ricul tural products，suchas bamboo mats，shad docks，oranges，rice，Ji aotou（allium chinense，）fermented bean curd，and spicychi ckendice with local flavor，which find good sal eboth home and over seas.
