Yuepuhu County is subordinate to Kashgar region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region; It is adjacent to Bachu County in the east, Shache County in the south, Shule County and Yingjisha County in the southwest and west, and Kashi County in the north, with an administrative area of 3327 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 4 towns and 5 townships.

Yuepuhu County has a national "AAAA" desert tourism scenic spot nearest to Kashgar City. The scenic spot is connected by sand and water, and the desert is vast. It forms a desert scenery tourism industry integrating Uyghur history and culture, sightseeing tourism, tasting shopping, leisure and entertainment, and is named "China's Desert Landscape Tourism Hometown" by the Ministry of Agriculture. Centered on the Dawakun Desert Scenic Spot, it radiates five tourist attractions, including the millennial king of Populus euphratica and the king of willow trees, the ancient tomb group, and the Tajik Folk Custom Park. It is known as the "back garden" of Kashgar tourism. Dawakun Scenic Spot has successively won the title of "National 4A Desert Tourist Attraction", "National Water Conservancy Scenic Spot", "China National Desert Park", and "Millennium Willow King" has won the Guinness World Certificate.

By the end of 2021, Yuepuhu County has a total population of 174700. In 2020, Yuepuhu County will achieve a local GDP of 3.57562 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry is 89774 million yuan, the added value of the secondary industry is 602.74 million yuan, the added value of the tertiary industry is 2.07514 billion yuan, and the tertiary industrial structure is 25:17:58.