Alar City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and the First Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPC), which implements the division-city management system and is administered by the XPC, is located next to the Aksu region of Xinjiang, starting from the southern foothills of the Tien Shan mountains in the north, and ending at the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert in the south, with a warm-temperate extreme continental arid desert climate, and has a total area of 6,923.4 square kilometers. As of October 2022, the city has 3 streets, 15 towns and 1 township. As of the end of 2022, the city had a total population of 461,000 people. In September 2002, the State Council approved the establishment of Aral City in the Aral Reclamation Area, which is under the management system of "division-city unification" with the First Agricultural Division. Alar City is known as the origin of the Tarim River, the Silk Road must pass through the place, Kungang cultural excavation, three five nine brigade inheritance, is the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt (Xinjiang) in the middle of an important pivot. Alar City, the territory of the national highway 217 line, 314 line and provincial highway 207 line, 210 line, 309 line, Yu-A highway, Ata highway, Atu highway, A and highway, A and highway, A and Shah highway intersection with this. There are scenic spots such as Kungang Secret Land, Han Dynasty Beacon Flint, ancient country remains, Silk Old Road, Jin and Tang Grottoes, etc. In October, 2020, it was awarded as the National Model City (County) of Double Embrace. In 2022, Alar City realized a GDP of 38.091 billion yuan, an increase of 5.7% over the previous year.