 Hefeng County was renamed to Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County on September 10, 1954.Hoboksar County is located south of the Tarbagatai-Saur mountain range, and its northern part, where most of the county's population lives, receives some water from streams (such as the Baiyang River) flowing from the snow-capped mountains.The southeastern part of the county is in Gurbantünggüt Desert.