Where is Cangyuan County, which province is Cangyuan County and which city Cangyuan County belongs to.

Cangyuan county generally refers to Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County. Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County belongs to lincang, Yunnan Province, which is located in the southwest of lincang. It lies between 98 52 ′ ~ 99 43 ′ east longitude and 23 04 ′ ~ 23 40 ′ north latitude. Cangyuan, commonly known as Washan District, also known as "Hulu Wangdi", borders Gengma County in the north, Shuangjiang County in the east and Lancang County in the southeast. The total area is 2446.43 square kilometers.

Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County, with high terrain in the north and low terrain in the south, belongs to subtropical low latitude mountain monsoon climate, governs 4 towns and 6 townships, and the government is located in Mengdong Town. Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County is a national second-class open port. It is an important channel and one of the main gateways for Yunnan to connect Southeast Asia and South Asia, and it is also an important bridgehead and the forefront window for the motherland to open to the outside world along the southwest border.