Qumul city is located east Xinjiang, is Xinjiang leads to inland the gateway, is ancient "on the Silk Road" strategic place. Eastern part and the Gansu Province Jiuquan area is neighboring, west adjoins with the Changji Hui autonomous prefecture qimshar county and the Turpan area pichan, north according to the tianshan mountain range, south and the bayin gol autonomous prefecture chakilik county borders on, northeastern part and Mongolian country-owned 46 kilometers boundaries.

The whole city total population 388,700 people (census number), has the Chinese, Uygur, Kazak, returns to and so on the nationality composes, among: The Han Nationality accounts for 71.83%, the national minority population accounts for 28.17%, the non- agricultural population 255,000 people, account for the total population 65.7%.

Qumul city is Chinese Communist Party Hami area committee, the Hami area administrative office locus,Is Hami area politics, the economy, business trade, the transportation, the culture, the education, the technical center,Is Xinjiang and inland transportation key position, business trade and the cultural exchange a city in Xinjiang.