Cele County, subordinate to Hotan Region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is located in the southernmost part of Xinjiang, at the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains, at the southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, and at the border of the Kunlun Mountains and Tibet in South Vietnam; The desert Gobi in the southwest borders Hotan County; It is connected to Luopu County in the west; It is adjacent to Yutian County in the east; The vast desert in the north is connected with Shaya County in Aksu region. It is between 35 ° 18 ′ - 39 ° 30 ′ north latitude and 80 ° 03 ′ - 82 ° 10 ′ east longitude. It is about 468 kilometers long from north to south and about 35-121 kilometers wide from east to west. The administrative area covers 31592 square kilometers. By the end of 2019, there were 168903 registered residence in Cele County.

Cele County is famous for "the land of gold and jade, the granary of grain and cotton, the Silk Road, and the hometown of melon and fruit". There are many historical and cultural heritages of the Han and Tang dynasties represented by the Damagou Buddhist site group and the ancient city of Dandan Uirik.

In 2018, Cele County has 2 towns, 6 townships and 1 pasture.

In 2019, the regional GDP of Cele County was 252.861 million yuan, the added value of the primary industry was 723.78 million yuan, the added value of the secondary industry was 289.5 million yuan, the general public budget revenue was 129.57 million yuan, and the general public budget expenditure was 4397.88 million yuan.