About Awati: Akati County is a key food, cotton and fruit base in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with a total area of 13,259 square kilometers. There are 3 farms and pastures in 5 towns, 3 towns, 118 villages, 7 neighborhood committees, 34 company buildings and more than 80 animal husbandry sites. There are also some group farms of the 1st Division of the Corps. In 2012, there were 245,800 people in the county, including 22 ethnic groups including Uygur, Han, Hui, Kazakh, Kirgiz, Uzbek, Mongolian, Xibo, Russian and Manchu. Awati County is in the central and western part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, southwest of the Aksu region, the northwestern edge of the Tarim Basin, and the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains. It connects with Aksu City in the east and north, Keping County in the west, Jiaochu County in the southwest, and the Taklimakan Desert in the south. It is connected to Luopu and Moyu counties. The east and west are 100 kilometers wide, the longest from north to south is 150 kilometers and 13259 square kilometers. In 2013, the production value of Awati County reached 3.33 billion yuan, an increase of 15.3% over 2011. The ratio of three industrial structures is 41.8:16.1:42.1. The per capita GDP was 14,523 yuan, an increase of 22.8% over 2011. Awati County is a national high-quality cotton production base, the famous China Cotton City, the hometown of China's long-staple cotton, the hometown of China's Musalaisi and the hometown of Duolang Culture.