Atushi is the capital of Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China, Known as the "township of figs", it is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, the western edge of the Tarim Basin, connecting Keping County in the east, Aheqi County in the northeast, Bachu County in the southeast, Kashi County and Shufu County in the south, Wuqia County in the west, and Kyrgyzstan in the northwest. The border line is 129 kilometers long and the administrative area is 16161 square kilometers There are 11 permanent ethnic groups including Han. In 2019, the registered residence population of Atushi City was 285357.

Altitude of Atushi is 1200~4562 meters, the border line is 88.3 kilometers long, there are 11 boundary markers, and the key points are 15 outer mountain passes. The city covers an area of 15500 square kilometers, 244 kilometers long from east to west and 122 kilometers wide from north to south.

On January 24, 2020, the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region agreed to withdraw Atushi from the poverty county sequence.

In 2019, the regional GDP of Atushi was 64730.9 million yuan, the added value of the primary industry was 827.62 million yuan, the added value of the secondary industry was 1329.63 million yuan, the general public budget revenue was 415 million yuan, and the general public budget expenditure was 5294 million yuan.