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Karakax County

Coordinates: 37°17′N 79°42′E / 37.283°N 79.700°E / 37.283; 79.700
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Moyu (Karakax) County
墨玉县 • قاراقاش ناھىيىسى
County
Location of the county
Location of the county
CountryChina
ProvinceXinjiang
Prefecture-level divisionsHotan Prefecture
Area
 • Total25,667 km2 (9,910 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
420 000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websiteقاراقاش ناھىيەلىك خەلق ھۆكۈمىتى ئاممىۋى ئۇچۇر تورى

Moyu (Karakax) County or Qaraqash County (Chinese: 墨玉县, Pinyin: Mòyù Xiàn; Template:Ug)[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.

Map portraying the area comprising the valley of the Karakash in the Aksai Chin in Ladakh in eastern Kashmir comprising the area from the eastern Pangong Tso in Ladakh in the bottom of the map to the Kilian, Sanju-la, Hindutash and Yangi Passes in Ladakh in the Kuen Lun range in northern Ladakh up to the Khathaitum in the Kilian Valley in northern Ladakh.


Transportation

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

See also

References

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

37°17′N 79°42′E / 37.283°N 79.700°E / 37.283; 79.700


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