Karakax County

Karakax County
Karakax County
قاراقاش ناھىيىسى
墨玉县
—  County  —
Country China
Province Xinjiang
Prefecture-level divisions Hotan Prefecture
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

The Karakax (Qaraqash) County (Chinese: 墨玉县, Pinyin: Mòyù Xiàn; Uyghur: قاراقاش ناھىيىسى‎, ULY: Qaraqash Nahiyisi, UPNY: K̡arak̡ax Nah̡iyisi?)[1] is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. It contains an area of 25,667 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 420,000.

Transportation

Pishan is served by China National Highway 315 and the Kashgar-Hotan Railway.

Footnotes

  1. ^ The official spelling is "Karakax" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 312.

Coordinates: 37°17′N 79°42′E / 37.283°N 79.7°E / 37.283; 79.7



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