Karakax County
Karakax County
Moyu, Mo-yü, Qaraqash | |
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Location of Karakax County (red) within Hotan Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 37°17′N 79°42′E / 37.283°N 79.700°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Hotan |
| County seat | Karakax Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,788.86 km2 (9,957.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 571,648 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur, Han Chinese |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 848100 |
| Website | www |
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | قاراقاش ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 墨玉县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 墨玉縣 | ||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 喀拉喀什县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 喀拉喀什縣 | ||||||||||
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Karakax County (Chinese: 墨玉县), alternatively Moyu County, also transliterated from Uyghur as Qaraqash County (Uyghur: قاراقاش ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 喀拉喀什县), alternately Qaraqash, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is located in the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, it is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. It contains an area of 25,667 km2 (9,910 sq mi). According to the 2011 census it has a population of 577,000 and 98,1% are Uyghurs. The county is bordered to the north by Awat County in Aksu Prefecture, to the northeast by Lop County, to the southeast by Hotan County, to the northwest by Maralbexi County in Kashgar Prefecture, and to the southwest by Pishan County and Kunyu. Exclaves of Kunyu are located within the county.