Huocheng County, also known as Korgas County, is located within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in western China. It falls under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture and is situated between the city of Yining and the border city of Khorgas.
The county covers a total area of 5,466 square kilometers (2,110 square miles) and has a population of approximately 360,000 residents. The region is characterized by its diverse demographic makeup, with twenty-nine different ethnic groups residing in the county, including the Han and Uyghur nationalities.