The city has jurisdiction over Bijiang District, Wanshan District, jiangkou county, Shiqian County, Sinan County, Dejiang County, Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Yuping County, Yinjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County, Dalong Development Zone and Tongren High-tech Industrial Development Zone. By April 20 14, the land area was18,000 square kilometers, with a total population of 4.27 million, and Tujia people lived there.
Tongren is the birthplace of social stability risk assessment, the first batch of national smart city pilot cities, the demonstration zone of regional development and poverty alleviation in Wuling Mountain area, and the demonstration zone of national unity and progress.