Pilal[3][4] (Uyghur: پىلال يېزىسى;[5] from Mandarin Chinese Pilale[6] Chinese: 皮拉勒乡; pinyin: Pílālè Xiāng or 皮拉力乡[7]) is a township of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

Located in the west of the northeastern part of the county, the township covers an area of 186 square kilometers with a population of 46,981 (as of 2015[1]).

[2] In September 2017, it was reported that a policewoman from Pilal had claimed that "several thousand detainees" were in the Xinjiang internment camps system in Akto County, saying the facilities were "closed schools" where authorities keep internees "detained day and night, and they continuously receive political and ideological education."

"[10] The township of Pilal is located between 75°45′- 76°01′ east longitude and 38°08′- 39°16′ north latitude and in the alluvial plain of Gez River to the northwest of the county seat.

The township has a temperate continental arid climate with a long frost-free period.

It is rich in mineral resources, mainly iron, copper, gold, aluminum, zinc and coal.