Ali, the region under the jurisdiction of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), anciently known as "Yangtong", "Nali" and "Oulisi", is located in the southwestern borderland of China, the western part of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and the northern part of the Tibetan Plateau (Qiangtang Plateau). ), bordered by Hotan and Bayin'guoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the north, Naqu City in the east, Rikaze City in the southeast, and bounded by Nepal, India, and Kashmir in the southwest and west; it has a total area of 337,170,000 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Ali Region has seven counties under its jurisdiction, and the regional administrative office is located in Shiquanhe Town, Gar County. As of the end of 2022, the resident population of Ali region is 123,000 people, inhabited by 34 nationalities such as Tibet, Han, Mongolia, Hui and Wei.
Ali region was originally the activities of the region of the Elephant and Hsiung tribes; 4 to 5 centuries, the establishment of the Elephant and Hsiung Kingdom, and later became the Tubo dependency; 11 centuries, the establishment of the Gugu Kingdom; Yuan to Yuan two years (1265), the Gugu Kingdom with the Tibet with the Yuan dynasty; the Qing dynasty, set up the "Vi Ali Kaben", jurisdiction of the original Gugu Kingdom jurisdiction; 1960, set up the Ali Prefecture; in 1970, it was renamed Ali Region.
Ali area is the Tibet autonomous region facing south Asia open bridgehead, national security barrier western strategic location, China mineral resources reserve base, western China important transportation logistics hub and plateau characteristics of pastoral production base, is also the core area of the Gangdisu international tourism cooperation zone, ecological security barrier. Ali area average altitude of 4500 meters, "the clan of a thousand mountains, the source of ten thousand waters", the Himalayas, the Gangdis Mountains, Karakorum Mountains, Kunlun Mountains parallel arrangement. Gonzaga, the ruins of the Guge Kingdom, Torin Temple, Zada Tulin, etc. are famous tourist attractions.
In 2022, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Ali will be 8.051 billion yuan, the general public budget revenue will be 554 million yuan, and the annual per capita disposable income of urban residents will be 51,828 yuan.