Changji prefecture is situated at north Tianshan the foothill, south the jungar Basin the reason, is located east longitude 85’34 ' to 91’32 ', north latitude 43’06 ' to 45’38 '; East neighbour Urumqi and the Hami area, west docks with Shihezi, south with Turpan, bayan gol autonomous prefecture connected, north is Altay, the Tarbaktai area with borders on, northeast and the Mongolian country border, from the east, west, north three surrounds Urumqi; The thing long 541 kilometers, the north and south extend 285 kilometers, the total area 93,900 square kilometers, was ancient times world famous "the Silk Road" new north road leads to the central Asia, the European Zhu Guo's road which must be taken. The whole prefecture governs the Changji city, the Fukang city, the miquan city, Manas County, qutibi County, Jimsar County, Qitai County, the Mule Khazak autonomous county and so on 5 counties 3 cities. Within the boundaries also has the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps 24 groups field. The Changji population 1.5888 million people, are living 36 nationalities, Hui 172,100 people,Kazakh national minority 123,700 people, Uygur national minority 60,100 people.

Sanji prefecture collection mountainous region, the prairie,
the forest, the plain, the desert are a body, the geographical environment extremely unique, breeds the richly colorful natural style, the traveling resources type reaches 35 kinds, has verified the sight scenic area amounts to 118, by the physiography landscape, the sight waters, the biological landscape is most famous. South mountainous area snowy mountain palatial, the forest cover, the water plant is lush; Middle plain rice and beans as far as the eye can see, cotton and kapok sea great distance, a school of west unique rural scenery; North desert rough mysterious, yadan landform all sorts of strange and unusual, the mirage unreal is indistinct. Changji's landscape although does not have the southern part of China scenery delicately beautiful, but it gives is one kind of greatness actually, one kind of sublimeness, one kind of primitive mysticalness. Is precisely this kind rough, strange, the mystical characteristic, stimulates for human's feeling view is only then more intense.