Xundian, whose full name is Xundian Yi Autonomous County, is located in the northeast of Yunnan Province and Kunming City. It is the hub of northeast Yunnan, with Guikun Railway, Kunqu Opera and Dai Song Expressway passing through it.

Xundian County is a county under the jurisdiction of Kunming City. It governs 16 townships (towns) and 173 village committees with a total population of 505,000. There are Han, Hui, Yi and Miao nationalities 16, and the minority population 1 100000, accounting for 265438.

Specifically, the townships under its jurisdiction are Rende Town, Tangzi Town, Yangjie Town, Kedu Town, Ruodian Town, Gongshan Town, Hekou Township, Qixing Township, Jinsuo Township, Xianfeng Township, Liu Shao Township, Ji Jie Township, Fengyi Township, Lianhe Township, Jinyuan Township and Diansha Township.

There are 6 towns, 10 townships.

The county seat is located in Rende Town.