Jindian Town is located in the middle of Linfen Basin in south-central Shanxi Province, on the west bank of Fenhe River and on the east side of Luliang Mountain. It is connected to Liucun Town in the north, Zhentou Township in the west, and Xiangling Town and Yaomiao Town in Xiangfen County across the Fenhe River in the south. Du Yao, the legendary capital of ancient times, the capital of the Northern Dynasties and the later Han Dynasty, was originally Pingyang County, which was ruled by Pingyang County during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There are 38 administrative villages in the town, covering an area of 96 square kilometers. There is Zi Long Temple Spring under the Western Hills. The main rivers are mother-child river (Tuohe River and Mohe River), Yuejin Canal (formerly Zhangjin Small Canal), Hongqi Canal and Shangguan River. The Qiyi Canal runs through the west of the town. At the end of 20 1 1, the resident population was over 72,000, the gross national product was 702.2 million yuan, the total fiscal revenue was 8,796,928 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 7,523 yuan.