Huocheng County, belonging to the Xinjiang Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, is located in the northwest of the Ili River valley, bordering on the Tianshan Mountains in the north and the Hotspring County and Bole City of Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture; The Ili River in the south faces Chabuchar County across the water; To the east is Yining County, Yining City and Kekdara City; It is adjacent to Horgos in the west, with a total area of 3184 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 6 towns and 3 townships. In 2019, the registered residence population of Huocheng County was 334721.

Located at the west end of the Ili River Valley, Huocheng is the throat of the "Eurasian Continental Bridge", and also an important town of the northern route of the ancient Silk Road. It is known as the "hometown of lavender in China", has a four-claw tortoise national nature reserve, and is the only home for the four-claw tortoise, a national first-class protected animal, to live in. There are Yili River Wetland, Oasis Desert, Tukai Desert, Wild Cherry Plum Nature Reserve known as "the natural gene pool of wild fruit plants in the world", Salim Lake, Guozigou Forest Park, etc.

In 2021, Huocheng County will achieve a GDP of 112771.4 billion yuan, including 3.8289 billion yuan for the primary industry, 2.21862 billion yuan for the secondary industry and 5.22962 billion yuan for the tertiary industry. The per capita GDP is 38490 yuan.