Pishan County, established in the twenty-eighth year of the Guangxu reign, was named after an ancient country. The Uyghur people call Pishan County "Guma", the meaning of which is uncertain, with several expressions such as "hut", "cage", "suspicious land The meaning is uncertain, there are "hut", "cage", "suspicious place" and so on. The West with the text of the Zhi release: "that is also suspicious. In the beginning, after the people of its place to serve the Muslim religion, there are those who fled, because of the name also." As of the end of 2019, the population of Pishan County registered as 322,187.
Pishan County is located in the southern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert and at the northern foot of the Karakorum Mountains. It is adjacent to Hotan County and Moyu County in the east, connected with Yecheng County in the west, bordering with India and Pakistan's de facto control area in Kashmir in the south, and bordering with Meigaiti County and Bachu County in the north. It is located at 77°31′ to 79°38′ east longitude and 35°22′ to 39°01′ north latitude. The county is 423 kilometers long from north to south and 67.5-144.5 kilometers wide from east to west. The total area of the county is 39,741.52 square kilometers, of which mountains account for 37.9%, plains account for 22.6% and deserts account for 39.5%. The land suitable for agriculture accounts for 2.3%, and the land suitable for pasture accounts for 13.1%. The People's Government of the county is located next to the 315 national highway line, 1,811.6 kilometers from Urumqi, the capital of the autonomous region.
In 2019, the gross regional product of Pishan County is 3747.86 million yuan, the added value of the primary industry is 967.55 million yuan, the added value of the secondary industry is 476.51 million yuan, the revenue of the general public budget is 226.19 million yuan, and the expenditure of the general public budget is 549.53 million yuan.
On September 25, 2018, it won the honorary title of "2018 Comprehensive Demonstration County of E-commerce into Rural Areas" from the Ministry of Commerce.