若羌县位于塔克拉玛干大沙漠的东南缘,面积20.23万km~2,是华夏第一大县。东部地区分别与青海省、甘肃省、西藏接壤,属暖温带大陆性荒漠干旱气候。年平均气温11.5℃,年蒸发量是降雨量的100倍。1998年以前农牧民基本上饮用涝坝水。目前全县自来水普及率达89.40％,总人口不足3万,主要有维吾尔、汉、回等民族。全县共有中小学17所,4～15岁青少年儿童约3739名,1997年人均收入1754元。 Ruoqiang County is located in the southeastern margin of the Taklamakan Desert, covering an area of ​​202,300 km2, the largest county in China. The eastern region respectively borders Qinghai Province, Gansu Province and Tibet with a continental climate of warm temperate continental arid climate. The annual average temperature of 11.5 ℃, the annual evaporation is 100 times the rainfall. Before 1998, farmers and herdsmen basically consumed waterlogging dam water. At present, the popularization rate of tap water in the whole county is 89.40%, with a total population of less than 30,000. There are mainly ethnic Uighurs, Han and Hui people. The county has a total of 17 primary and secondary schools, 4 to 15-year-old young children about 3739, 1754 yuan per capita income in 1997.