Gashi County, belonging to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Kashgar area, is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Kashgar Gar Impact Plain, located in the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, the western edge of the Tarim Basin, is an earthquake-prone zone, Gashi County for the Kyzyl River deposits, flood fans composed of the tail end of the alluvial plains, known as "the Pearl of the Western Region" reputation. The terrain is high in the west and low in the east, high in the north and low in the south. The Paiji Awati River, the Kyzyl River and the Tailevichek River run through the territory. It has a typical temperate continental arid climate, with hot summers and cold winters, four distinct seasons and scarce precipitation. The geographic coordinates are between 39°16′ and 40°00′ north latitude and 76°20′ and 78°00′ east longitude; the total area is 6,715.4 square kilometers; and as of the end of 2019, the registered population of Gashi County was 444,969. As of June 2023, Gashi County has 7 towns and 6 townships under its jurisdiction, with the county people's government based in Baren Town.
Gashi County is known as "Paizi Awati" in Uyghur, meaning a beautiful and rich place. Is the "Silk Road" South Road has long been renowned as an important commercial port, is one of the famous ancient Western region towns. Gashi County area, the Han Dynasty for the Shule State belongs to the Tang Dynasty, "Gashi City" one, the Qing Dynasty belongs to the Minister of Kashi Gaer office jurisdiction. Guangxu 28 (1902) set up Gashi County, to the Tang Dynasty "Gashi" for the county name, under the Shule prefecture. Later Gashi County from the south of the open Danmu Gayi moved to Baren, has been used to the present. Gashi County is a national high-quality grain and cotton and rare fruit production base, was named "China Gashi melon hometown" "China sour plums hometown".September 25, 2018, won the Ministry of Commerce "2018 e-commerce into the countryside comprehensive demonstration county" title. In 2020, Gashi County exited from the sequence of poverty-stricken counties. There are many tourist attractions in the county, such as the tomb of Yusuf Hass Hajif.
In 2023, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Gashi County will be 10.132 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 8.3%.