Hejing County is located in the central-southern part of the Tian Shan mountains of Xinjiang, in the north-west of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. The northernmost county-level division of Bayingolin, it borders Ürümqi City to the north, from which it is as the crow flies, and Korla City (the prefectural capital) to the south, which is away. It borders 15 cities and counties and is