Huoqiu is located in the west part of Anhui Province, rest her head on the lofty Mountain Dabie in the south, tread on the torrential Huaihe River in the north. Borders on He'nan Province on the west; on the north, across the Huaihe River, is Fuyang City; adjoins Lu'an City and Shou County on the east; Jinzhai County is on her south.
 
Huoqiu County administers 33 towns, 682 administrative villages. The population is nearly 1,492,400. The county capital is Chengguan Town.

Huoqiu belongs to subtropical monsoon climate. It is mild through the whole year, and it has a proper rainfall and plenty of sunlight and a long frost-free period. Rainy season is the hot season here and the four seasons are separated.

Huoqiu occupy an area of 3,493km2, known for a land flowing with milk and honey, teem with grain, oil and cotton, is one of the first commodity grain base counties and the product base of pig, goat, birds, egg and willow of the nation or the province. The shrimp and the whitebait were used as tribute in the old time. There are nearly 20 kinds of value mine under ground, magnetite ore reserves are the sixth largest of the nation, it offers plenty of material for the construction of Huoqiu County.