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Huocheng County (p=Huòchéng xiàn), as the official romanized name, is also transliterated from Uyghur as Korgas County (; in Kazakh language: قورعاس اۋدانى; s=霍尔果斯县). It is situated within the Xinjiang and falls under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The county is located between Yining and the border city of Khorgas, covering an area of , with a population of 360,000 (2004 estimate). There are twenty-nine ethnic groups residing in the county, including the Han and Uyghur nationalities.
To the north of Huocheng County is Wenquan County, while the Ili River lies to the south. Its Western side is bordered by Khorgas, and Yining is located approximately to the east.
During the 1760s, nine fortresses were constructed in the Ili River Basin, and four of them were situated within the modern Huocheng County. Huiyuan served as the headquarters of the General of Ili, making it the military and administrative center of Xinjiang until the 1860s.
Suiding County (labels=no) was established in 1888, with Shuiding as the county seat. In 1914, the western area of Shuiding County was organized into Khorgas County, later abbreviated to Huocheng County, with Gongchen (Khorgas) as county seat. In 1965 Suiding was renamed Shuiding. In 1966, Shuiding County merged into Huocheng County with Shuiding as the county seat of the new Huocheng County. In 2014, Khorgas became a county-level city separate from Huocheng County.
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| Shuiding (Süydüng Town) | 水定镇 | سۈيدۈڭ بازىرى | 13 | 3 | 14.9 | ||
| Qingshuihe (Chingsixoza Town) | 清水河镇 | چىڭسىخوزا بازىرى | 15 | 46.7 | 185.2 | ||
| Lucaogou (Losigung Town) | 芦草沟镇 | لۇسىگۇڭ بازىرى | 11 | 35.4 | 346 | ||
| Huiyuan Town (Küre Town) | 惠远镇 | كۈرە بازىرى | 4 | 21.4 | 138.6 | ||
| Sarbulaq | 萨尔布拉克镇 | ساربۇلاق بازىرى | 11 | 28.2 | 431.7 | ||
| Lengger Town | 兰干镇 | لەڭگەر بازىرى | 13 | 3 | 14.9 | ||
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| Sendoxoza (Sandaohe Township) | 三道河乡 | سەندوخوزا يېزىسى | 3 | 9.3 | 78.7 | ||
| Dashigu (Daxigou Township) | 大西沟乡 | داشىگۇ يېزىسى | 7 | 10.8 | 252.7 | ||
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| Sengung (Sangong Township) | 三宫乡 (三宫回族乡) | () | سەنگۇڭ خۇيزۇ يېزىسى | 5 | 15 | 126.9 | |
The main extracted in the area include coal, phosphorus, iron, gold, silver, copper, limestone, Iceland spar and marble, etc.
There is a border crossing into Kazakhstan at Khorgas, where the road continues to Zharkent in Panfilov District.
The Jinghe–Yining–Khorgas Railway through Huocheng county was completed in 2010, reaching practically to the Kazakhstan border. There are plans to construct a connecting railway line on the Kazakh side, creating China's second railway link to Central Asia besides Alashankou.
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