Aheqi County, under the jurisdiction of Xinjiang Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, is located in the hinterland of the southern vein of the western Tianshan Mountains, and is located in the high and cold mountains. The elevation of the county is between 1730 and 5958 meters. The topographic feature is "two mountains and one valley". The whole territory is in the valley zone between mountains, 90% of which is mountainous, and is known as "nine mountains, half water and half farmland". The total area of the whole county is about 11500 square kilometers. It borders Wushi County in the east, Keping County in the southeast, Bachu County and Atushi City in the south and southwest, and the Kyrgyz Republic in the north and west. The boundary line is 305.3 kilometers long. The county seat is 1180 kilometers away from Urumqi.

In 2019, the administrative area was 11500 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 5 townships, 1 town, 2 farms (1 seed farm, 1 state-owned horse farm) and 3 communities. At the end of 2019, the registered residence population of Ahqi County was 46002. The rural population is 32000; The birth rate is 27.43 ‰, and the natural growth rate is 17.96 ‰. It is mainly composed of Kirgiz, Han, Uygur and Hui nationalities.

In 2020, the total output value of Aheqi County reached 1417.3 million yuan, an increase of 2.1% over the same period of the previous year (at constant prices). The added value of the primary industry was 125.19 million yuan, an increase of 1.5% over the same period last year; The added value of the secondary industry was 323.23 million yuan, an increase of 6.3% over the same period last year; The added value of the tertiary industry was 968.88 million yuan, an increase of 0.8% over the same period last year.